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

All 85 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable. 2 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/michigan-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Detroit, MI | 662 |
| 2 | Portage, MI | 141 |
| 3 | Royal Oak, MI | 140 |
| 4 | Grand Rapids, MI | 117 |
| 5 | Troy, MI | 116 |
| 6 | Kentwood, MI | 91 |
| 7 | Wyoming, MI | 85 |
| 8 | Muskegon, MI | 66 |
| 8 | Pontiac, MI | 66 |
| 10 | Birmingham, MI | 55 |
| 11 | Walker, MI | 51 |
| 12 | Ann Arbor, MI | 48 |
| 13 | Sterling Heights, MI | 47 |
| 14 | Novi, MI | 46 |
| 15 | Midland, MI | 43 |
| 16 | Farmington, MI | 38 |
| 17 | Jackson, MI | 37 |
| 18 | Warren, MI | 36 |
| 19 | Holland, MI | 33 |
| 19 | New Baltimore, MI | 33 |
| 21 | Allen Park, MI | 32 |
| 22 | Harper Woods, MI | 31 |
| 22 | Romulus, MI | 31 |
| 24 | Rochester Hills, MI | 30 |
| 25 | Adrian, MI | 29 |
| 26 | Livonia, MI | 27 |
| 26 | Westland, MI | 27 |
| 28 | Lansing, MI | 26 |
| 29 | Burton, MI | 25 |
| 30 | Norton Shores, MI | 23 |
| 31 | Dearborn, MI | 22 |
| 31 | Farmington Hills, MI | 22 |
| 33 | Southgate, MI | 18 |
| 34 | Ypsilanti, MI | 15 |
| 35 | Cadillac, MI | 14 |
| 36 | Berkley, MI | 13 |
| 36 | Dearborn Heights, MI | 13 |
| 36 | Monroe, MI | 13 |
| 39 | Grand Haven, MI | 12 |
| 40 | Ferndale, MI | 11 |
| 40 | Roseville, MI | 11 |
| 40 | South Lyon, MI | 11 |
| 40 | Taylor, MI | 11 |
| 44 | Battle Creek, MI | 9 |
| 44 | Garden City, MI | 9 |
| 44 | Grandville, MI | 9 |
| 44 | Hazel Park, MI | 9 |
| 44 | Wyandotte, MI | 9 |
| 49 | Alpena, MI | 7 |
| 49 | Auburn Hills, MI | 7 |
| 49 | Beverly Hills, MI | 7 |
| 49 | Rochester, MI | 7 |
| 53 | Flat Rock, MI | 6 |
| 53 | Madison Heights, MI | 6 |
| 53 | Southfield, MI | 6 |
| 56 | Clawson, MI | 5 |
| 56 | East Lansing, MI | 5 |
| 56 | Port Huron, MI | 5 |
| 59 | Coldwater, MI | 4 |
| 59 | Flint, MI | 4 |
| 59 | Hamtramck, MI | 4 |
| 59 | St. Clair Shores, MI | 4 |
| 59 | Wixom, MI | 4 |
| 64 | Fenton, MI | 3 |
| 64 | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | 3 |
| 64 | Mount Pleasant, MI | 3 |
| 64 | Niles, MI | 3 |
| 64 | Sault Ste. Marie, MI | 3 |
| 64 | Sturgis, MI | 3 |
| 70 | Inkster, MI | 2 |
| 70 | Owosso, MI | 2 |
| 72 | Fraser, MI | 1 |
| 72 | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 |
| 72 | Oak Park, MI | 1 |
| 72 | Woodhaven, MI | 1 |
| 76 | Bay City, MI | 0 |
| 76 | Eastpointe, MI | 0 |
| 76 | Grosse Pointe Park, MI | 0 |
| 76 | Lincoln Park, MI | 0 |
| 76 | Melvindale, MI | 0 |
| 76 | Mount Clemens, MI | 0 |
| 76 | Riverview, MI | 0 |
| 76 | Saginaw, MI | 0 |
| 76 | Trenton, MI | 0 |
| 76 | Wayne, MI | 0 |