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

South Jordan, UT had the highest single-family housing units authorized by building permits of 63 cities in 2014, at 806. Centerville, UT had the lowest, at 7. The median was 80. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest806South Jordan, UT

Lowest7Centerville, UT

Median8063 cities

Top 40 cities, 2014

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	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	South Jordan, UT Estimated	806	+9.2%
2	St. George, UT Estimated	753	-3.6%
3	Herriman, UT Estimated	525	+1.9%
4	Lehi, UT Estimated	453	-16.9%
5	Washington, UT Estimated	393	-34.7%
6	Eagle Mountain, UT Estimated	355	-4.3%
7	West Jordan, UT Estimated	281	+2.9%
8	Bluffdale, UT Estimated	278	+20.9%
9	Layton, UT Estimated	258	-11.3%
10	Orem, UT Estimated	235	+115.6%
11	Saratoga Springs, UT Estimated	232	-27.3%
12	Hurricane, UT Estimated	197	0%
13	Spanish Fork, UT Estimated	190	+3.3%
14	Kaysville, UT Estimated	184	+21.9%
15	North Salt Lake, UT Estimated	175	-29.1%
16	Draper, UT Estimated	172	-36.3%
17	Midvale, UT Estimated	169	-20.7%
18	Pleasant Grove, UT Estimated	161	+21.1%
19	Syracuse, UT Estimated	150	-26.1%
20	Vineyard, UT Estimated	149	+93.5%
21	Heber, UT Estimated	141	-8.4%
22	Highland, UT Estimated	139	+20.9%
23	West Valley City, UT Estimated	138	-31.3%
24	Provo, UT Estimated	128	-5.9%
25	Farmington, UT Estimated	115	-25.3%
26	Cedar City, UT Estimated	102	-7.3%
27	Logan, UT Estimated	101	+119.6%
28	Salt Lake City, UT Estimated	95	+18.8%
28	Santaquin, UT Estimated	95	+35.7%
30	Ivins, UT Estimated	93	-25.6%
31	Tooele, UT Estimated	85	+23.2%
32	American Fork, UT Estimated	80	-25.9%
33	Sandy, UT Estimated	79	-28.2%
34	North Logan, UT Estimated	78	+47.2%
35	Pleasant View, UT Estimated	75	+2.7%
35	Riverton, UT Estimated	75	-29.9%
35	Salem, UT Estimated	75	+2.7%
38	West Haven, UT Estimated	71	-21.1%
39	Mapleton, UT Estimated	61	-24.7%
39	Murray, UT Estimated	61	+22%
41	North Ogden, UT Estimated	60	+9.1%
41	Springville, UT Estimated	60	-39.4%
43	Ogden, UT Estimated	57	+9.6%
44	Lindon, UT Estimated	52	+44.4%
45	Grantsville, UT Estimated	50	-35.1%
46	West Point, UT Estimated	48	-18.6%
47	Alpine, UT Estimated	46	+27.8%
48	Bountiful, UT Estimated	41	-22.6%
48	Payson, UT Estimated	41	+2.5%
50	Clearfield, UT Estimated	40	-7%
51	Clinton, UT Estimated	39	+2.6%
52	Woods Cross, UT Estimated	38	-44.9%
53	Taylorsville, UT Estimated	34	-15%
54	Brigham City, UT Estimated	29	-31%
54	Tremonton, UT Estimated	29	+26.1%
56	Holladay, UT Estimated	26	-21.2%
57	Smithfield, UT Estimated	24	+4.3%
58	Cottonwood Heights, UT Estimated	21	+23.5%
59	Vernal, UT Estimated	16	-27.3%
60	South Ogden, UT Estimated	15	-40%
61	Roy, UT Estimated	11	-64.5%
61	South Salt Lake, UT Estimated	11	-59.3%
63	Centerville, UT Estimated	7	-81.6%

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 2014 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/we2014a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2016). 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, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2014a.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, 2014. U.S. Census Bureau, 30 Sept. 2016, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2014a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2016. 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, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2014a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2016) 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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2014a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{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, 2014}},
  year = {2016},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2014a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2014. Publisher attribution: 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/we2014a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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

South Jordan, UT, with 806 in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Centerville, UT, with 7 in 2014.

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 2014 and are not ranked.