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

Saratoga Springs, UT had the highest single-family housing units authorized by building permits of 63 cities in 2025, at 1,522. South Ogden, UT had the lowest, at 3. The median was 88. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,522Saratoga Springs, UT

Lowest3South Ogden, UT

Median8863 cities

Top 40 cities, 2025

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	2025 count	Change on 2024
1	Saratoga Springs, UT Estimated	1,522	+21.1%
2	Eagle Mountain, UT Estimated	1,148	+1.1%
3	Washington, UT Estimated	857	+3.9%
4	Lehi, UT Estimated	829	+13.1%
5	St. George, UT Estimated	822	-11.3%
6	South Jordan, UT Estimated	525	+9.1%
7	Hurricane, UT Estimated	472	+9.8%
8	West Jordan, UT Estimated	424	+43.2%
9	Herriman, UT Estimated	401	+0.8%
10	Salem, UT Estimated	388	+73.2%
11	Cedar City, UT Estimated	381	+3.3%
12	Salt Lake City, UT Estimated	380	-4.3%
13	Heber, UT Estimated	284	-30%
14	Draper, UT Estimated	222	-8.3%
15	West Haven, UT Estimated	215	-21.5%
16	Tooele, UT Estimated	208	-2.3%
17	Logan, UT Estimated	194	+16.9%
18	Mapleton, UT Estimated	191	-38%
19	American Fork, UT Estimated	190	+26.7%
20	Syracuse, UT Estimated	186	-20.5%
21	Payson, UT Estimated	166	+38.3%
22	Santaquin, UT Estimated	157	-10.8%
22	Spanish Fork, UT Estimated	157	-60.4%
24	West Point, UT Estimated	136	+81.3%
25	Brigham City, UT Estimated	135	+48.4%
26	Ogden, UT Estimated	121	-12.3%
27	Grantsville, UT Estimated	118	-50%
28	Ivins, UT Estimated	96	+28%
29	Vineyard, UT Estimated	90	-1.1%
30	Riverton, UT Estimated	89	-23.3%
31	Farmington, UT Estimated	88	-12.9%
31	Lindon, UT Estimated	88	+49.2%
33	Layton, UT Estimated	80	-36%
33	North Salt Lake, UT Estimated	80	+1,500%
35	Highland, UT Estimated	76	-30.9%
36	Kaysville, UT Estimated	75	+38.9%
37	Pleasant Grove, UT Estimated	74	-7.5%
38	Provo, UT Estimated	73	-45.1%
39	West Valley City, UT Estimated	64	+204.8%
40	Tremonton, UT Estimated	63	-20.3%
41	North Ogden, UT Estimated	59	-47.8%
42	Millcreek, UT Estimated	51	-45.2%
42	Springville, UT Estimated	51	-31.1%
44	Clinton, UT Estimated	47	-9.6%
45	Murray, UT Estimated	39	-81.3%
46	South Salt Lake, UT Estimated	37	-7.5%
47	Clearfield, UT Estimated	33	-81.8%
48	Vernal, UT Estimated	32	+113.3%
49	Pleasant View, UT Estimated	30	+11.1%
50	Centerville, UT Estimated	26	+52.9%
50	Orem, UT Estimated	26	-23.5%
52	Roy, UT Estimated	25	+78.6%
52	Sandy, UT Estimated	25	+47.1%
54	Midvale, UT Estimated	22	-35.3%
55	Alpine, UT Estimated	21	-4.5%
56	Woods Cross, UT Estimated	19	+111.1%
57	North Logan, UT Estimated	17	-39.3%
58	Taylorsville, UT Estimated	16	-5.9%
59	Bluffdale, UT Estimated	13	-82.9%
59	Bountiful, UT Estimated	13	-51.9%
61	Holladay, UT Estimated	10	-16.7%
62	Cottonwood Heights, UT Estimated	7	-63.2%
63	South Ogden, UT Estimated	3	+200%

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 2025 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/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). 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 Utah by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.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 Utah by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. 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 Utah by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) 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 Utah by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Saratoga Springs, UT, with 1,522 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

South Ogden, UT, with 3 in 2025.

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 2025 and are not ranked.