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

All 58 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/South%20Region/so2025a.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/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/north-carolina-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Durham, NC | 2,518 |
| 2 | Garner, NC | 1,448 |
| 3 | Winston-Salem, NC | 1,364 |
| 4 | Raleigh, NC | 1,343 |
| 5 | Greensboro, NC | 906 |
| 6 | Wendell, NC | 853 |
| 7 | Leland, NC | 830 |
| 8 | Apex, NC | 721 |
| 9 | Fuquay-Varina, NC | 715 |
| 10 | Greenville, NC | 678 |
| 11 | Rolesville, NC | 622 |
| 12 | Monroe, NC | 598 |
| 13 | Sanford, NC | 554 |
| 14 | Zebulon, NC | 533 |
| 15 | Knightdale, NC | 527 |
| 16 | Wake Forest, NC | 523 |
| 17 | Cary, NC | 431 |
| 18 | Clayton, NC | 382 |
| 19 | Fayetteville, NC | 341 |
| 20 | Holly Springs, NC | 310 |
| 21 | New Bern, NC | 309 |
| 22 | Mooresville, NC | 308 |
| 23 | Asheville, NC | 271 |
| 24 | Graham, NC | 259 |
| 25 | Kernersville, NC | 249 |
| 26 | Aberdeen, NC | 235 |
| 27 | Burlington, NC | 219 |
| 28 | Mebane, NC | 200 |
| 29 | Wilson, NC | 195 |
| 30 | Elizabeth City, NC | 185 |
| 31 | High Point, NC | 157 |
| 32 | Southern Pines, NC | 155 |
| 33 | Shelby, NC | 153 |
| 34 | Lexington, NC | 142 |
| 35 | Chapel Hill, NC | 114 |
| 36 | Waxhaw, NC | 102 |
| 37 | Rocky Mount, NC | 99 |
| 38 | Pinehurst, NC | 93 |
| 39 | Kings Mountain, NC | 89 |
| 40 | Hope Mills, NC | 87 |
| 41 | Goldsboro, NC | 74 |
| 42 | Winterville, NC | 71 |
| 43 | Waynesville, NC | 68 |
| 44 | Jacksonville, NC | 65 |
| 45 | Thomasville, NC | 63 |
| 46 | Morehead City, NC | 52 |
| 47 | Eden, NC | 51 |
| 48 | Asheboro, NC | 40 |
| 49 | Tarboro, NC | 27 |
| 50 | Lumberton, NC | 26 |
| 51 | Reidsville, NC | 23 |
| 51 | Roanoke Rapids, NC | 23 |
| 53 | Spring Lake, NC | 18 |
| 54 | Morganton, NC | 11 |
| 55 | Carrboro, NC | 9 |
| 56 | Boone, NC | 5 |
| 56 | Morrisville, NC | 5 |
| 58 | Havelock, NC | 4 |