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

All 39 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/arkansas-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Little Rock, AR | 862 |
| 2 | Bella Vista, AR | 786 |
| 3 | Bentonville, AR | 648 |
| 4 | Fayetteville, AR | 607 |
| 5 | Centerton, AR | 558 |
| 6 | Pea Ridge, AR | 487 |
| 7 | Rogers, AR | 482 |
| 8 | Jonesboro, AR | 463 |
| 9 | Springdale, AR | 440 |
| 10 | Farmington, AR | 262 |
| 11 | Benton, AR | 242 |
| 12 | North Little Rock, AR | 227 |
| 13 | Maumelle, AR | 154 |
| 14 | Bryant, AR | 153 |
| 14 | Sherwood, AR | 153 |
| 16 | Conway, AR | 151 |
| 17 | Lowell, AR | 140 |
| 18 | Siloam Springs, AR | 122 |
| 19 | Paragould, AR | 112 |
| 20 | Hot Springs, AR | 98 |
| 21 | Searcy, AR | 88 |
| 22 | Fort Smith, AR | 86 |
| 23 | Jacksonville, AR | 83 |
| 24 | Cabot, AR | 50 |
| 25 | Mountain Home, AR | 49 |
| 26 | Marion, AR | 45 |
| 27 | West Memphis, AR | 31 |
| 28 | Texarkana, AR | 29 |
| 29 | Russellville, AR | 21 |
| 30 | Van Buren, AR | 19 |
| 31 | El Dorado, AR | 14 |
| 31 | Pine Bluff, AR | 14 |
| 33 | Batesville, AR | 9 |
| 34 | Blytheville, AR | 7 |
| 34 | Magnolia, AR | 7 |
| 34 | Malvern, AR | 7 |
| 37 | Harrison, AR | 2 |
| 38 | Camden, AR | 1 |
| 38 | Forrest City, AR | 1 |