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 2016, at 923. Woods Cross, UT had the lowest, at 2. The median was 114. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest923Herriman, UT

Lowest2Woods Cross, UT

Median11463 cities

Top 40 cities, 2016

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	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Herriman, UT Estimated	923	+10%
2	South Jordan, UT Estimated	855	+13.8%
3	St. George, UT Estimated	796	+8.2%
4	Saratoga Springs, UT Estimated	752	+120.5%
5	Eagle Mountain, UT Estimated	701	+48.8%
6	Lehi, UT Estimated	616	+15.6%
7	Vineyard, UT Estimated	577	+184.2%
8	Bluffdale, UT Estimated	509	+105.2%
9	Washington, UT Estimated	390	+4.6%
10	West Jordan, UT Estimated	385	+4.1%
11	Hurricane, UT Estimated	366	+52.5%
12	Syracuse, UT Estimated	324	+35%
13	Spanish Fork, UT Estimated	272	+22%
14	Layton, UT Estimated	242	-8.3%
15	Draper, UT Estimated	240	+9.1%
16	Farmington, UT Estimated	202	+26.3%
17	Riverton, UT Estimated	196	-20%
18	Provo, UT Estimated	186	+78.8%
19	American Fork, UT Estimated	171	+52.7%
20	Kaysville, UT Estimated	170	-14.1%
21	Heber, UT Estimated	169	-6.6%
22	West Valley City, UT Estimated	167	-25.8%
23	Santaquin, UT Estimated	163	+30.4%
24	Cedar City, UT Estimated	157	+22.7%
25	Ivins, UT Estimated	141	+56.7%
26	West Haven, UT Estimated	139	+61.6%
27	Tooele, UT Estimated	129	+41.8%
28	Highland, UT Estimated	125	-17.2%
29	Grantsville, UT Estimated	123	+1.7%
30	Clinton, UT Estimated	117	+82.8%
31	Orem, UT Estimated	115	-17.9%
32	Pleasant Grove, UT Estimated	114	-39.7%
33	Salem, UT Estimated	111	+33.7%
34	North Ogden, UT Estimated	97	+31.1%
35	Logan, UT Estimated	92	+4.5%
36	Mapleton, UT Estimated	91	+23%
37	Salt Lake City, UT Estimated	90	+150%
38	Pleasant View, UT Estimated	88	-1.1%
39	Springville, UT Estimated	85	+18.1%
40	South Salt Lake, UT Estimated	70	+204.3%
41	Ogden, UT Estimated	61	-37.8%
42	North Salt Lake, UT Estimated	56	-64.6%
43	Sandy, UT Estimated	55	-25.7%
44	Murray, UT Estimated	52	-8.8%
45	North Logan, UT Estimated	50	-30.6%
46	Clearfield, UT Estimated	49	-19.7%
47	Centerville, UT Estimated	48	+77.8%
48	Tremonton, UT Estimated	47	+67.9%
49	Payson, UT Estimated	45	+28.6%
50	Smithfield, UT Estimated	37	+23.3%
51	Lindon, UT Estimated	35	+12.9%
52	Holladay, UT Estimated	32	-3%
53	Cottonwood Heights, UT Estimated	31	+34.8%
53	Taylorsville, UT Estimated	31	-36.7%
55	Roy, UT Estimated	29	+31.8%
56	Bountiful, UT Estimated	27	-12.9%
57	West Point, UT Estimated	26	-38.1%
58	Alpine, UT Estimated	21	-22.2%
59	Brigham City, UT Estimated	20	-39.4%
60	Midvale, UT Estimated	17	-75.4%
61	South Ogden, UT Estimated	16	0%
62	Vernal, UT Estimated	4	-76.5%
63	Woods Cross, UT Estimated	2	-85.7%

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 2016 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/we2016a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2017). 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, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2016a.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, 2016. U.S. Census Bureau, 1 May 2017, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2016a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2017. 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, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2016a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2016.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2017) 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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2016a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2016 (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, 2016}},
  year = {2017},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2016a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2016. 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/we2016a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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RIS

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

Herriman, UT, with 923 in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Woods Cross, UT, with 2 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.