Cities in Kentucky by single-family housing units authorized by building permits

Louisville, KY had the highest single-family housing units authorized by building permits of 28 cities in 2007, at 1,718. Campbellsville, KY had the lowest, at 11. The median was 74. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,718Louisville, KY

Lowest11Campbellsville, KY

Median7428 cities

All cities, 2007

count. 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2007 count
1	Louisville, KY Estimated	1,718
2	Lexington, KY Estimated	1,227
3	Owensboro, KY Estimated	287
4	Bowling Green, KY Estimated	259
5	Independence, KY Estimated	217
6	Richmond, KY Estimated	180
7	Nicholasville, KY Estimated	172
8	Hopkinsville, KY Estimated	164
9	Radcliff, KY Estimated	127
10	Covington, KY Estimated	121
11	Elizabethtown, KY Estimated	113
12	Berea, KY Estimated	96
13	Jeffersontown, KY Estimated	87
14	Frankfort, KY Estimated	81
15	Henderson, KY Estimated	67
16	Murray, KY Estimated	66
17	Lawrenceburg, KY Estimated	55
18	Paducah, KY Estimated	54
19	Erlanger, KY Estimated	53
20	Alexandria, KY Estimated	52
21	Glasgow, KY Estimated	47
22	Madisonville, KY Estimated	31
23	Fort Thomas, KY Estimated	24
24	Paris, KY Estimated	21
25	Newport, KY Estimated	20
26	Somerset, KY Estimated	13
27	Ashland, KY Estimated	11
27	Campbellsville, KY Estimated	11

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Part of building_permit_units, which also counts units in buildings with two or more units. Counts housing units, not starts, completions or sales.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2007 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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/so2007a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2016). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Cities in Kentucky by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2007) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2007a.txt

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Kentucky by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2007. U.S. Census Bureau, 30 Sept. 2016, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2007a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/kentucky-cities?period=2007. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2016. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Cities in Kentucky by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2007. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2007a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/kentucky-cities?period=2007.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2016) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Kentucky by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2007 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2007a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/kentucky-cities?period=2007 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation: Cities in Kentucky by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2007}},
  year = {2016},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2007a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/kentucky-cities?period=2007. Publisher attribution: 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/so2007a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which city has the highest single-family housing units authorized by building permits?

Louisville, KY, with 1,718 in 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest single-family housing units authorized by building permits?

Campbellsville, KY, with 11 in 2007.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2007 and are not ranked.