# Cities in Alabama by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

All 66 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `building_permit_single_family_units`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Annual number of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures (detached and attached single-family homes) authorized by building permits, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/alabama-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Huntsville, AL | 1,002 |
| 2 | Auburn, AL | 669 |
| 3 | Opelika, AL | 564 |
| 4 | Athens, AL | 447 |
| 5 | Hoover, AL | 432 |
| 6 | Madison, AL | 362 |
| 7 | Tuscaloosa, AL | 312 |
| 8 | Foley, AL | 302 |
| 9 | Daphne, AL | 293 |
| 10 | Calera, AL | 244 |
| 11 | Montgomery, AL | 239 |
| 12 | Gulf Shores, AL | 232 |
| 13 | Fairhope, AL | 222 |
| 14 | Pike Road, AL | 209 |
| 15 | Prattville, AL | 200 |
| 16 | Mobile, AL | 199 |
| 17 | Enterprise, AL | 191 |
| 18 | Decatur, AL | 179 |
| 19 | Chelsea, AL | 155 |
| 20 | Gardendale, AL | 152 |
| 21 | Cullman, AL | 149 |
| 22 | Leeds, AL | 144 |
| 23 | Pelham, AL | 136 |
| 24 | Dothan, AL | 132 |
| 25 | Trussville, AL | 101 |
| 26 | Oxford, AL | 97 |
| 27 | Albertville, AL | 95 |
| 28 | Birmingham, AL | 91 |
| 29 | Alabaster, AL | 86 |
| 29 | Northport, AL | 86 |
| 31 | Florence, AL | 84 |
| 32 | Vestavia Hills, AL | 79 |
| 33 | Millbrook, AL | 78 |
| 34 | Alexander City, AL | 66 |
| 34 | Bessemer, AL | 66 |
| 34 | Phenix City, AL | 66 |
| 37 | Pell City, AL | 63 |
| 38 | Helena, AL | 59 |
| 39 | Spanish Fort, AL | 57 |
| 40 | Moody, AL | 50 |
| 41 | Muscle Shoals, AL | 48 |
| 42 | Saraland, AL | 43 |
| 43 | Hartselle, AL | 42 |
| 43 | Scottsboro, AL | 42 |
| 45 | Valley, AL | 36 |
| 46 | Boaz, AL | 31 |
| 47 | Homewood, AL | 28 |
| 48 | Hueytown, AL | 27 |
| 49 | Troy, AL | 26 |
| 50 | Fort Payne, AL | 23 |
| 51 | Gadsden, AL | 21 |
| 51 | Mountain Brook, AL | 21 |
| 53 | Rainbow City, AL | 20 |
| 54 | Jacksonville, AL | 17 |
| 55 | Eufaula, AL | 14 |
| 56 | Jasper, AL | 12 |
| 56 | Ozark, AL | 12 |
| 58 | Anniston, AL | 11 |
| 59 | Irondale, AL | 10 |
| 60 | Russellville, AL | 9 |
| 61 | Clay, AL | 8 |
| 62 | Prichard, AL | 4 |
| 62 | Talladega, AL | 4 |
| 64 | Center Point, AL | 2 |
| 65 | Selma, AL | 0 |
| 65 | Sylacauga, AL | 0 |