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

Saratoga Springs, UT had the highest single-family housing units authorized by building permits of 63 cities in 2024, at 1,257. South Ogden, UT had the lowest, at 1. The median was 110. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,257Saratoga Springs, UT

Lowest1South Ogden, UT

Median11063 cities

Top 40 cities, 2024

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	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Saratoga Springs, UT Estimated	1,257	+18.5%
2	Eagle Mountain, UT Estimated	1,136	+42.5%
3	St. George, UT Estimated	927	+12.8%
4	Washington, UT Estimated	825	+6.7%
5	Lehi, UT Estimated	733	+9.9%
6	South Jordan, UT Estimated	481	+29.3%
7	Hurricane, UT Estimated	430	+35.2%
8	Heber, UT Estimated	406	+43.5%
9	Herriman, UT Estimated	398	+15%
10	Salt Lake City, UT Estimated	397	+63.4%
11	Spanish Fork, UT Estimated	396	-16.3%
12	Cedar City, UT Estimated	369	+53.1%
13	Mapleton, UT Estimated	308	+18.5%
14	West Jordan, UT Estimated	296	+120.9%
15	West Haven, UT Estimated	274	+21.8%
16	Draper, UT Estimated	242	+214.3%
17	Grantsville, UT Estimated	236	+54.2%
18	Syracuse, UT Estimated	234	+9.9%
19	Salem, UT Estimated	224	+56.6%
20	Tooele, UT Estimated	213	-26.6%
21	Murray, UT Estimated	209	+326.5%
22	Clearfield, UT Estimated	181	+166.2%
23	Santaquin, UT Estimated	176	+33.3%
24	Logan, UT Estimated	166	+44.3%
25	American Fork, UT Estimated	150	-43.2%
26	Ogden, UT Estimated	138	+11.3%
27	Provo, UT Estimated	133	-9.5%
28	Layton, UT Estimated	125	+43.7%
29	Payson, UT Estimated	120	+62.2%
30	Riverton, UT Estimated	116	-44.5%
31	North Ogden, UT Estimated	113	+8.7%
32	Highland, UT Estimated	110	-39.6%
33	Farmington, UT Estimated	101	+11%
34	Millcreek, UT Estimated	93	+60.3%
35	Brigham City, UT Estimated	91	+82%
35	Vineyard, UT Estimated	91	+54.2%
37	Pleasant Grove, UT Estimated	80	+17.6%
38	Tremonton, UT Estimated	79	+295%
39	Bluffdale, UT Estimated	76	+33.3%
40	Ivins, UT Estimated	75	+23%
40	West Point, UT Estimated	75	+36.4%
42	Springville, UT Estimated	74	+45.1%
43	Lindon, UT Estimated	59	+25.5%
44	Kaysville, UT Estimated	54	-28.9%
45	Clinton, UT Estimated	52	+36.8%
46	South Salt Lake, UT Estimated	40	+300%
47	Midvale, UT Estimated	34	+47.8%
47	Orem, UT Estimated	34	-24.4%
49	North Logan, UT Estimated	28	0%
50	Bountiful, UT Estimated	27	+35%
50	Pleasant View, UT Estimated	27	+50%
52	Alpine, UT Estimated	22	-43.6%
53	West Valley City, UT Estimated	21	-63.8%
54	Cottonwood Heights, UT Estimated	19	+280%
55	Centerville, UT Estimated	17	+88.9%
55	Sandy, UT Estimated	17	-45.2%
55	Taylorsville, UT Estimated	17	0%
58	Vernal, UT Estimated	15	+66.7%
59	Roy, UT Estimated	14	0%
60	Holladay, UT Estimated	12	0%
61	Woods Cross, UT Estimated	9	+350%
62	North Salt Lake, UT Estimated	5	-37.5%
63	South Ogden, UT Estimated	1	-92.3%

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 2024 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/we2024a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). 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, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2024a.txt

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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, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 1 May 2025, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2024a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. 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, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2024a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2024.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) 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, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2024a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/utah-cities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Saratoga Springs, UT, with 1,257 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

South Ogden, UT, with 1 in 2024.

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 2024 and are not ranked.