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

Lehi, UT had the highest single-family housing units authorized by building permits of 63 cities in 2021, at 1,562. Taylorsville, UT had the lowest, at 10. The median was 159. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,562Lehi, UT

Lowest10Taylorsville, UT

Median15963 cities

Top 40 cities, 2021

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	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Lehi, UT Estimated	1,562	+49.6%
2	Saratoga Springs, UT Estimated	1,533	+5.7%
3	Eagle Mountain, UT Estimated	1,482	+5.7%
4	St. George, UT Estimated	1,470	+6.4%
5	South Jordan, UT Estimated	1,114	-0.7%
6	Washington, UT Estimated	886	+9.2%
7	West Haven, UT Estimated	675	-13.6%
8	Herriman, UT Estimated	622	-13.6%
9	West Jordan, UT Estimated	463	+31.2%
10	Spanish Fork, UT Estimated	457	+20.6%
11	Syracuse, UT Estimated	449	+20.4%
12	Tooele, UT Estimated	448	+55.6%
13	Layton, UT Estimated	430	-25.9%
14	Hurricane, UT Estimated	428	+9.7%
15	Heber, UT Estimated	315	+194.4%
16	Santaquin, UT Estimated	293	-23.1%
17	American Fork, UT Estimated	286	+43%
18	Mapleton, UT Estimated	278	+13%
19	Draper, UT Estimated	267	-22.6%
20	Cedar City, UT Estimated	263	+17.4%
21	Grantsville, UT Estimated	256	+15.8%
21	Salem, UT Estimated	256	+65.2%
23	West Point, UT Estimated	222	+117.6%
24	Ivins, UT Estimated	212	+45.2%
25	Vineyard, UT Estimated	184	-31.3%
26	Springville, UT Estimated	182	-35.5%
27	West Valley City, UT Estimated	176	+49.2%
28	Logan, UT Estimated	175	-29.1%
29	Farmington, UT Estimated	172	+34.4%
29	Salt Lake City, UT Estimated	172	+2.4%
31	Kaysville, UT Estimated	159	+50%
31	Riverton, UT Estimated	159	+9.7%
33	Clinton, UT Estimated	151	+16.2%
34	Bluffdale, UT Estimated	147	-73.5%
35	North Ogden, UT Estimated	138	+3.8%
36	Ogden, UT Estimated	132	-11.4%
37	Highland, UT Estimated	130	+52.9%
38	Tremonton, UT Estimated	126	+80%
39	Orem, UT Estimated	125	-12.6%
40	Pleasant Grove, UT Estimated	117	+3.5%
41	Clearfield, UT Estimated	115	+121.2%
42	Lindon, UT Estimated	111	+19.4%
43	Payson, UT Estimated	104	+28.4%
44	Murray, UT Estimated	101	-23.5%
45	Provo, UT Estimated	98	-55.3%
46	North Salt Lake, UT Estimated	97	-50.8%
47	Millcreek, UT Estimated	95	+15.9%
48	Pleasant View, UT Estimated	93	+93.8%
49	Cottonwood Heights, UT Estimated	72	+105.7%
50	North Logan, UT Estimated	70	+94.4%
51	Alpine, UT Estimated	61	+48.8%
52	Sandy, UT Estimated	51	+10.9%
53	Roy, UT Estimated	50	-42.5%
54	South Ogden, UT Estimated	45	+275%
55	Bountiful, UT Estimated	42	+44.8%
56	Brigham City, UT Estimated	41	-12.8%
57	Centerville, UT Estimated	40	+5.3%
58	Woods Cross, UT Estimated	38	-50.6%
59	Midvale, UT Estimated	26	-27.8%
60	Holladay, UT Estimated	22	+29.4%
61	Vernal, UT Estimated	18	+350%
62	South Salt Lake, UT Estimated	10	-88.2%
62	Taylorsville, UT Estimated	10	-83.3%

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 2021 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/we2021a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2022). 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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2021a.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, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 Apr. 2022, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2021a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2022. 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, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2021a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2022) 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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2021a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  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, 2021}},
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  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2021a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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

Lehi, UT, with 1,562 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Taylorsville, UT, with 10 in 2021.

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 2021 and are not ranked.