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 2022, at 1,099. South Ogden, UT had the lowest, at 7. The median was 134. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,099Lehi, UT

Lowest7South Ogden, UT

Median13463 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

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	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Lehi, UT Estimated	1,099	-29.6%
2	St. George, UT Estimated	1,082	-26.4%
3	Saratoga Springs, UT Estimated	1,001	-34.7%
4	Eagle Mountain, UT Estimated	955	-35.6%
5	South Jordan, UT Estimated	746	-33%
6	Washington, UT Estimated	688	-22.3%
7	Cedar City, UT Estimated	646	+145.6%
8	Herriman, UT Estimated	570	-8.4%
9	Heber, UT Estimated	533	+69.2%
10	West Haven, UT Estimated	456	-32.4%
11	Hurricane, UT Estimated	413	-3.5%
12	Spanish Fork, UT Estimated	342	-25.2%
13	Syracuse, UT Estimated	332	-26.1%
14	American Fork, UT Estimated	289	+1%
15	Mapleton, UT Estimated	275	-1.1%
16	Sandy, UT Estimated	272	+433.3%
17	Tooele, UT Estimated	256	-42.9%
18	Layton, UT Estimated	241	-44%
19	West Point, UT Estimated	204	-8.1%
20	Grantsville, UT Estimated	201	-21.5%
21	West Jordan, UT Estimated	170	-63.3%
22	Millcreek, UT Estimated	167	+75.8%
23	Logan, UT Estimated	160	-8.6%
24	Riverton, UT Estimated	157	-1.3%
25	Draper, UT Estimated	147	-44.9%
26	Santaquin, UT Estimated	146	-50.2%
27	Highland, UT Estimated	144	+10.8%
27	Salt Lake City, UT Estimated	144	-16.3%
29	Salem, UT Estimated	143	-44.1%
30	Kaysville, UT Estimated	142	-10.7%
31	Ogden, UT Estimated	141	+6.8%
32	Provo, UT Estimated	134	+36.7%
33	North Ogden, UT Estimated	116	-15.9%
34	Ivins, UT Estimated	110	-48.1%
35	Payson, UT Estimated	91	-12.5%
36	Clinton, UT Estimated	85	-43.7%
36	Farmington, UT Estimated	85	-50.6%
38	West Valley City, UT Estimated	82	-53.4%
39	Vineyard, UT Estimated	73	-60.3%
40	Clearfield, UT Estimated	67	-41.7%
40	Lindon, UT Estimated	67	-39.6%
42	Centerville, UT Estimated	61	+52.5%
43	Pleasant Grove, UT Estimated	59	-49.6%
44	Springville, UT Estimated	58	-68.1%
45	Orem, UT Estimated	56	-55.2%
45	Tremonton, UT Estimated	56	-55.6%
47	Bluffdale, UT Estimated	55	-62.6%
48	Pleasant View, UT Estimated	51	-45.2%
49	North Salt Lake, UT Estimated	49	-49.5%
50	North Logan, UT Estimated	48	-31.4%
51	Roy, UT Estimated	46	-8%
52	Alpine, UT Estimated	45	-26.2%
53	Murray, UT Estimated	42	-58.4%
54	Woods Cross, UT Estimated	32	-15.8%
55	Taylorsville, UT Estimated	31	+210%
56	Brigham City, UT Estimated	26	-36.6%
57	Midvale, UT Estimated	24	-7.7%
58	Cottonwood Heights, UT Estimated	16	-77.8%
59	Holladay, UT Estimated	11	-50%
59	Vernal, UT Estimated	11	-38.9%
61	South Salt Lake, UT Estimated	10	0%
62	Bountiful, UT Estimated	8	-81%
63	South Ogden, UT Estimated	7	-84.4%

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 2022 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/we2022a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2022a.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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 2 Apr. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2022a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2022a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) 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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2022a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2022 (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, 2022}},
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  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2022a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2022. 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/we2022a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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

Lehi, UT, with 1,099 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

South Ogden, UT, with 7 in 2022.

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 2022 and are not ranked.