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

All 78 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable. 1 cities have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- 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/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.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/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/indiana-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Westfield, IN | 1,242 |
| 2 | Noblesville, IN | 755 |
| 3 | Whitestown, IN | 596 |
| 4 | McCordsville, IN | 501 |
| 5 | Brownsburg, IN | 488 |
| 6 | Fishers, IN | 459 |
| 7 | Avon, IN | 379 |
| 8 | Carmel, IN | 339 |
| 9 | Greenwood, IN | 324 |
| 10 | Greenfield, IN | 290 |
| 11 | Plainfield, IN | 287 |
| 12 | Danville, IN | 269 |
| 13 | St. John, IN | 268 |
| 14 | Jeffersonville, IN | 237 |
| 15 | Zionsville, IN | 234 |
| 16 | Crown Point, IN | 200 |
| 17 | Lowell, IN | 194 |
| 18 | Evansville, IN | 181 |
| 19 | Shelbyville, IN | 170 |
| 20 | Franklin, IN | 166 |
| 21 | Portage, IN | 160 |
| 22 | Bargersville, IN | 151 |
| 22 | Valparaiso, IN | 151 |
| 24 | Jasper, IN | 124 |
| 25 | Hobart, IN | 118 |
| 26 | Martinsville, IN | 104 |
| 27 | Cedar Lake, IN | 91 |
| 28 | Kokomo, IN | 88 |
| 28 | Merrillville, IN | 88 |
| 30 | Lawrence, IN | 82 |
| 31 | Bedford, IN | 73 |
| 32 | West Lafayette, IN | 61 |
| 33 | Schererville, IN | 59 |
| 34 | Chesterton, IN | 58 |
| 35 | Anderson, IN | 56 |
| 36 | Mooresville, IN | 51 |
| 37 | Terre Haute, IN | 50 |
| 38 | Crawfordsville, IN | 49 |
| 38 | Lebanon, IN | 49 |
| 40 | Mishawaka, IN | 47 |
| 41 | New Albany, IN | 46 |
| 42 | Elkhart, IN | 44 |
| 43 | Seymour, IN | 41 |
| 43 | Warsaw, IN | 41 |
| 45 | Muncie, IN | 37 |
| 46 | Auburn, IN | 36 |
| 47 | Clarksville, IN | 34 |
| 48 | Goshen, IN | 33 |
| 49 | Greensburg, IN | 31 |
| 49 | Kendallville, IN | 31 |
| 51 | Frankfort, IN | 30 |
| 51 | Yorktown, IN | 30 |
| 53 | Michigan City, IN | 29 |
| 54 | Sellersburg, IN | 26 |
| 54 | Washington, IN | 26 |
| 56 | Lafayette, IN | 22 |
| 57 | Decatur, IN | 20 |
| 57 | Hammond, IN | 20 |
| 59 | Madison, IN | 19 |
| 60 | Munster, IN | 18 |
| 61 | Columbia City, IN | 17 |
| 62 | Huntington, IN | 15 |
| 63 | Plymouth, IN | 13 |
| 64 | Peru, IN | 11 |
| 65 | Dyer, IN | 10 |
| 65 | La Porte, IN | 10 |
| 65 | Vincennes, IN | 10 |
| 65 | Wabash, IN | 10 |
| 69 | Gary, IN | 9 |
| 70 | New Castle, IN | 8 |
| 70 | Richmond, IN | 8 |
| 72 | Highland, IN | 7 |
| 73 | Marion, IN | 6 |
| 74 | Griffith, IN | 1 |
| 75 | Beech Grove, IN | 0 |
| 75 | East Chicago, IN | 0 |
| 75 | Lake Station, IN | 0 |
| 75 | Speedway, IN | 0 |