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

All 48 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/West%20Region/we2025a.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/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/colorado-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Aurora, CO | 1,156 |
| 2 | Denver, CO | 1,027 |
| 3 | Johnstown, CO | 543 |
| 4 | Commerce City, CO | 488 |
| 5 | Brighton, CO | 483 |
| 6 | Windsor, CO | 375 |
| 7 | Fort Collins, CO | 296 |
| 7 | Parker, CO | 296 |
| 9 | Thornton, CO | 263 |
| 10 | Loveland, CO | 262 |
| 11 | Castle Rock, CO | 261 |
| 12 | Fort Lupton, CO | 210 |
| 13 | Longmont, CO | 201 |
| 14 | Greeley, CO | 200 |
| 15 | Centennial, CO | 194 |
| 16 | Lone Tree, CO | 193 |
| 17 | Arvada, CO | 187 |
| 18 | Timnath, CO | 186 |
| 19 | Westminster, CO | 171 |
| 20 | Berthoud, CO | 143 |
| 21 | Firestone, CO | 119 |
| 22 | Erie, CO | 108 |
| 23 | Castle Pines, CO | 99 |
| 23 | Fruita, CO | 99 |
| 25 | Montrose, CO | 93 |
| 26 | Severance, CO | 82 |
| 27 | Broomfield, CO | 76 |
| 28 | Superior, CO | 72 |
| 29 | Littleton, CO | 68 |
| 29 | Wheat Ridge, CO | 68 |
| 31 | Frederick, CO | 56 |
| 31 | Rifle, CO | 56 |
| 33 | Lakewood, CO | 54 |
| 34 | Louisville, CO | 43 |
| 35 | Golden, CO | 36 |
| 36 | Boulder, CO | 31 |
| 37 | Englewood, CO | 30 |
| 38 | Durango, CO | 28 |
| 38 | Wellington, CO | 28 |
| 40 | Cañon City, CO | 19 |
| 41 | Fort Morgan, CO | 15 |
| 41 | Glenwood Springs, CO | 15 |
| 41 | Lafayette, CO | 15 |
| 44 | Greenwood Village, CO | 5 |
| 45 | Evans, CO | 0 |
| 45 | Federal Heights, CO | 0 |
| 45 | Northglenn, CO | 0 |
| 45 | Sterling, CO | 0 |