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

All 27 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/idaho-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Meridian, ID | 1,164 |
| 2 | Nampa, ID | 1,091 |
| 3 | Kuna, ID | 1,062 |
| 4 | Caldwell, ID | 1,016 |
| 5 | Star, ID | 881 |
| 6 | Boise City, ID | 730 |
| 7 | Eagle, ID | 582 |
| 8 | Middleton, ID | 389 |
| 9 | Ammon, ID | 361 |
| 10 | Post Falls, ID | 291 |
| 11 | Idaho Falls, ID | 252 |
| 12 | Twin Falls, ID | 247 |
| 13 | Rexburg, ID | 243 |
| 14 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 225 |
| 15 | Rathdrum, ID | 219 |
| 16 | Mountain Home, ID | 142 |
| 17 | Hayden, ID | 137 |
| 18 | Pocatello, ID | 132 |
| 19 | Jerome, ID | 116 |
| 20 | Lewiston, ID | 89 |
| 21 | Sandpoint, ID | 66 |
| 22 | Chubbuck, ID | 63 |
| 23 | Blackfoot, ID | 58 |
| 24 | Moscow, ID | 57 |
| 25 | Burley, ID | 30 |
| 26 | Hailey, ID | 20 |
| 27 | Garden City, ID | 17 |