Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits

Salt Lake City, UT had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 63 cities in 2021, at 3,691. Taylorsville, UT had the lowest, at 10. The median was 269 and the figure for Utah was 39,058. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,691Salt Lake City, UT

Lowest10Taylorsville, UT

Median26963 cities

Utah39,058History

Top 40 cities, 2021

count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Salt Lake City, UT Estimated	3,691	+38.4%
2	Lehi, UT Estimated	2,030	+94.4%
3	South Jordan, UT Estimated	1,793	+41.1%
4	Saratoga Springs, UT Estimated	1,763	+10.6%
5	Eagle Mountain, UT Estimated	1,538	+6.6%
6	St. George, UT Estimated	1,500	-4.8%
7	American Fork, UT Estimated	1,297	+250.5%
8	West Haven, UT Estimated	1,033	+5%
9	Clearfield, UT Estimated	960	+310.3%
10	West Jordan, UT Estimated	946	+45.3%
11	Washington, UT Estimated	934	+3%
12	Syracuse, UT Estimated	866	+132.2%
13	Herriman, UT Estimated	749	-22.5%
14	Provo, UT Estimated	715	+100.3%
15	Cedar City, UT Estimated	602	+127.2%
16	Santaquin, UT Estimated	566	+30.7%
17	Heber, UT Estimated	556	+379.3%
18	Ogden, UT Estimated	505	+43.1%
19	Farmington, UT Estimated	497	+288.3%
20	Tremonton, UT Estimated	494	+208.8%
21	Spanish Fork, UT Estimated	481	+13.4%
22	Layton, UT Estimated	450	-38.7%
23	Tooele, UT Estimated	448	+34.9%
24	Hurricane, UT Estimated	428	+9.2%
25	Murray, UT Estimated	415	+214.4%
26	Vineyard, UT Estimated	344	-17.7%
27	Payson, UT Estimated	332	+7.1%
28	Riverton, UT Estimated	283	+19.9%
29	Pleasant Grove, UT Estimated	282	+84.3%
30	Mapleton, UT Estimated	278	-2.5%
31	Ivins, UT Estimated	276	+36.6%
32	Orem, UT Estimated	269	+73.5%
33	North Salt Lake, UT Estimated	268	+28.2%
34	Draper, UT Estimated	267	-65.7%
34	West Valley City, UT Estimated	267	-58.5%
36	Springville, UT Estimated	263	-21.7%
37	Grantsville, UT Estimated	261	+14.5%
38	Salem, UT Estimated	256	+65.2%
39	North Ogden, UT Estimated	251	+17.8%
40	South Salt Lake, UT Estimated	250	+23.2%
41	Midvale, UT Estimated	245	-14.3%
42	Highland, UT Estimated	233	+135.4%
43	West Point, UT Estimated	222	+48%
44	Bluffdale, UT Estimated	221	-60.1%
45	North Logan, UT Estimated	197	+169.9%
46	South Ogden, UT Estimated	193	+127.1%
47	Logan, UT Estimated	175	-77.7%
48	Kaysville, UT Estimated	159	+50%
49	Clinton, UT Estimated	151	+16.2%
50	Millcreek, UT Estimated	145	-83%
51	Cottonwood Heights, UT Estimated	144	+311.4%
52	Lindon, UT Estimated	111	+19.4%
53	Pleasant View, UT Estimated	93	+93.8%
54	Brigham City, UT Estimated	86	-18.1%
55	Alpine, UT Estimated	79	+92.7%
56	Sandy, UT Estimated	77	-8.3%
57	Bountiful, UT Estimated	72	+50%
58	Holladay, UT Estimated	71	-19.3%
59	Roy, UT Estimated	57	-45.7%
60	Centerville, UT Estimated	40	+5.3%
61	Woods Cross, UT Estimated	38	-60.8%
62	Vernal, UT Estimated	18	+350%
63	Taylorsville, UT Estimated	10	-83.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in the year or month, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey. Annual totals for the nation, states and counties; monthly counts for the nation and states.

Counts housing units, not buildings, starts, completions or sales. Monthly counts are not seasonally adjusted and do not add up exactly to the annual total, which includes later corrections; the national seasonally adjusted annual rate in the monthly New Residential Construction release is a different measure.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2021a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2022). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2021a.txt

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 Apr. 2022, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2021a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2022. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2021a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2022) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2021a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation: Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2021}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2021a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West\%20Region/we2021a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which city has the highest housing units authorized by building permits?

Salt Lake City, UT, with 3,691 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing units authorized by building permits?

Taylorsville, UT, with 10 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.