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

All 70 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/pennsylvania-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Philadelphia, PA | 656 |
| 2 | Chambersburg, PA | 236 |
| 3 | Phoenixville, PA | 128 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh, PA | 75 |
| 5 | Plum, PA | 53 |
| 6 | Waynesboro, PA | 48 |
| 7 | Jefferson Hills, PA | 41 |
| 8 | Norristown, PA | 37 |
| 9 | Franklin Park, PA | 33 |
| 10 | Murrysville, PA | 22 |
| 11 | Baldwin, PA | 18 |
| 12 | Carlisle, PA | 16 |
| 13 | Berwick, PA | 12 |
| 13 | Erie, PA | 12 |
| 15 | Bethlehem, PA | 11 |
| 15 | Mechanicsburg, PA | 11 |
| 17 | St. Marys, PA | 10 |
| 18 | Lebanon, PA | 8 |
| 19 | Chester, PA | 7 |
| 19 | Lower Burrell, PA | 7 |
| 21 | Altoona, PA | 6 |
| 22 | Harrisburg, PA | 5 |
| 22 | Hermitage, PA | 5 |
| 22 | York, PA | 5 |
| 25 | Lancaster, PA | 4 |
| 25 | State College, PA | 4 |
| 27 | Bethel Park, PA | 3 |
| 27 | Penn Hills, PA | 3 |
| 27 | Williamsport, PA | 3 |
| 30 | Dunmore, PA | 2 |
| 30 | Mount Lebanon, PA | 2 |
| 30 | Northampton, PA | 2 |
| 30 | Scranton, PA | 2 |
| 30 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 2 |
| 35 | Allentown, PA | 1 |
| 35 | Bloomsburg, PA | 1 |
| 35 | Coatesville, PA | 1 |
| 35 | Kingston, PA | 1 |
| 35 | Lansdowne, PA | 1 |
| 35 | Munhall, PA | 1 |
| 35 | West Chester, PA | 1 |
| 35 | Whitehall, PA | 1 |
| 43 | Butler, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Columbia, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Darby, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Easton, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Elizabethtown, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Emmaus, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Ephrata, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Greensburg, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Hanover, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Hazleton, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Indiana, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Johnstown, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Lansdale, PA | 0 |
| 43 | McKeesport, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Meadville, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Monroeville, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Nanticoke, PA | 0 |
| 43 | New Castle, PA | 0 |
| 43 | New Kensington, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Pottstown, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Pottsville, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Reading, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Sharon, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Washington, PA | 0 |
| 43 | West Mifflin, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Wilkinsburg, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Wyomissing, PA | 0 |
| 43 | Yeadon, PA | 0 |