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

Herriman, UT had the highest single-family housing units authorized by building permits of 63 cities in 2015, at 839. Woods Cross, UT had the lowest, at 14. The median was 90. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest839Herriman, UT

Lowest14Woods Cross, UT

Median9063 cities

Top 40 cities, 2015

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	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Herriman, UT Estimated	839	+59.8%
2	South Jordan, UT Estimated	751	-6.8%
3	St. George, UT Estimated	736	-2.3%
4	Lehi, UT Estimated	533	+17.7%
5	Eagle Mountain, UT Estimated	471	+32.7%
6	Washington, UT Estimated	373	-5.1%
7	West Jordan, UT Estimated	370	+31.7%
8	Saratoga Springs, UT Estimated	341	+47%
9	Layton, UT Estimated	264	+2.3%
10	Bluffdale, UT Estimated	248	-10.8%
11	Riverton, UT Estimated	245	+226.7%
12	Hurricane, UT Estimated	240	+21.8%
12	Syracuse, UT Estimated	240	+60%
14	West Valley City, UT Estimated	225	+63%
15	Spanish Fork, UT Estimated	223	+17.4%
16	Draper, UT Estimated	220	+27.9%
17	Vineyard, UT Estimated	203	+36.2%
18	Kaysville, UT Estimated	198	+7.6%
19	Pleasant Grove, UT Estimated	189	+17.4%
20	Heber, UT Estimated	181	+28.4%
21	Farmington, UT Estimated	160	+39.1%
22	North Salt Lake, UT Estimated	158	-9.7%
23	Highland, UT Estimated	151	+8.6%
24	Orem, UT Estimated	140	-40.4%
25	Cedar City, UT Estimated	128	+25.5%
26	Santaquin, UT Estimated	125	+31.6%
27	Grantsville, UT Estimated	121	+142%
28	American Fork, UT Estimated	112	+40%
29	Provo, UT Estimated	104	-18.8%
30	Ogden, UT Estimated	98	+71.9%
31	Tooele, UT Estimated	91	+7.1%
32	Ivins, UT Estimated	90	-3.2%
33	Pleasant View, UT Estimated	89	+18.7%
34	Logan, UT Estimated	88	-12.9%
35	West Haven, UT Estimated	86	+21.1%
36	Salem, UT Estimated	83	+10.7%
37	Mapleton, UT Estimated	74	+21.3%
37	North Ogden, UT Estimated	74	+23.3%
37	Sandy, UT Estimated	74	-6.3%
40	North Logan, UT Estimated	72	-7.7%
40	Springville, UT Estimated	72	+20%
42	Midvale, UT Estimated	69	-59.2%
43	Clinton, UT Estimated	64	+64.1%
44	Clearfield, UT Estimated	61	+52.5%
45	Murray, UT Estimated	57	-6.6%
46	Taylorsville, UT Estimated	49	+44.1%
47	West Point, UT Estimated	42	-12.5%
48	Salt Lake City, UT Estimated	36	-62.1%
49	Payson, UT Estimated	35	-14.6%
50	Brigham City, UT Estimated	33	+13.8%
50	Holladay, UT Estimated	33	+26.9%
52	Bountiful, UT Estimated	31	-24.4%
52	Lindon, UT Estimated	31	-40.4%
54	Smithfield, UT Estimated	30	+25%
55	Tremonton, UT Estimated	28	-3.4%
56	Alpine, UT Estimated	27	-41.3%
56	Centerville, UT Estimated	27	+285.7%
58	Cottonwood Heights, UT Estimated	23	+9.5%
58	South Salt Lake, UT Estimated	23	+109.1%
60	Roy, UT Estimated	22	+100%
61	Vernal, UT Estimated	17	+6.3%
62	South Ogden, UT Estimated	16	+6.7%
63	Woods Cross, UT Estimated	14	-63.2%

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 2015 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/we2015a.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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.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, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau, 30 Sept. 2016, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2015 (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, 2015}},
  year = {2016},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2015. 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/we2015a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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

Herriman, UT, with 839 in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Woods Cross, UT, with 14 in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.