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

All 57 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/Northeast%20Region/ne2025a.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/Northeast%20Region/ne2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/massachusetts-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Boston, MA | 228 |
| 2 | Holyoke, MA | 84 |
| 3 | Fall River, MA | 58 |
| 4 | Worcester, MA | 57 |
| 5 | Brockton, MA | 37 |
| 6 | Haverhill, MA | 36 |
| 6 | Lowell, MA | 36 |
| 8 | Franklin Town, MA | 29 |
| 8 | Newton, MA | 29 |
| 8 | Waltham, MA | 29 |
| 8 | Westfield, MA | 29 |
| 12 | Gloucester, MA | 28 |
| 13 | Salem, MA | 24 |
| 14 | Northampton, MA | 22 |
| 15 | Barnstable Town, MA | 21 |
| 16 | Attleboro, MA | 20 |
| 16 | Quincy, MA | 20 |
| 18 | Springfield, MA | 19 |
| 19 | Peabody, MA | 18 |
| 20 | Fitchburg, MA | 17 |
| 20 | North Attleborough Town, MA | 17 |
| 22 | Cambridge, MA | 16 |
| 22 | Watertown, MA | 16 |
| 22 | Weymouth Town, MA | 16 |
| 25 | Bridgewater Town, MA | 15 |
| 25 | Framingham, MA | 15 |
| 27 | Melrose, MA | 11 |
| 28 | Lawrence, MA | 10 |
| 28 | Methuen, MA | 10 |
| 28 | Randolph Town, MA | 10 |
| 31 | Gardner, MA | 9 |
| 31 | Palmer Town, MA | 9 |
| 31 | Taunton, MA | 9 |
| 31 | Woburn, MA | 9 |
| 35 | Leominster, MA | 8 |
| 35 | Lynn, MA | 8 |
| 35 | Medford, MA | 8 |
| 35 | Newburyport, MA | 8 |
| 39 | Chicopee, MA | 7 |
| 39 | Southbridge Town, MA | 7 |
| 41 | Beverly, MA | 6 |
| 41 | Braintree Town, MA | 6 |
| 41 | Malden, MA | 6 |
| 41 | Pittsfield, MA | 6 |
| 41 | West Springfield Town, MA | 6 |
| 46 | Amesbury, MA | 5 |
| 47 | Somerville, MA | 4 |
| 48 | Greenfield, MA | 3 |
| 48 | Revere, MA | 3 |
| 50 | Agawam Town, MA | 2 |
| 50 | Marlborough, MA | 2 |
| 50 | New Bedford, MA | 2 |
| 53 | North Adams, MA | 1 |
| 54 | Chelsea, MA | 0 |
| 54 | Easthampton, MA | 0 |
| 54 | Everett, MA | 0 |
| 54 | Winthrop Town, MA | 0 |