# Cities in Virginia by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

All 36 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable. 1 cities have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `building_permit_single_family_units`
- Unit: count
- Definition: 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.
- 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 (https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Chesapeake, VA | 551 |
| 2 | Suffolk, VA | 514 |
| 3 | Richmond, VA | 368 |
| 4 | Virginia Beach, VA | 266 |
| 5 | Waynesboro, VA | 196 |
| 6 | Lynchburg, VA | 189 |
| 7 | Harrisonburg, VA | 158 |
| 8 | Norfolk, VA | 143 |
| 9 | Portsmouth, VA | 125 |
| 10 | Manassas, VA | 115 |
| 11 | Hampton, VA | 100 |
| 12 | Poquoson, VA | 98 |
| 13 | Petersburg, VA | 95 |
| 14 | Fairfax, VA | 89 |
| 15 | Roanoke, VA | 88 |
| 16 | Staunton, VA | 73 |
| 17 | Winchester, VA | 64 |
| 18 | Charlottesville, VA | 53 |
| 19 | Leesburg, VA | 50 |
| 19 | Newport News, VA | 50 |
| 21 | Christiansburg, VA | 37 |
| 22 | Blacksburg, VA | 29 |
| 23 | Hopewell, VA | 26 |
| 24 | Fredericksburg, VA | 25 |
| 25 | Williamsburg, VA | 22 |
| 26 | Falls Church, VA | 18 |
| 27 | Alexandria, VA | 17 |
| 27 | Salem, VA | 17 |
| 29 | Colonial Heights, VA | 15 |
| 30 | Danville, VA | 12 |
| 31 | Radford, VA | 11 |
| 32 | Warrenton, VA | 7 |
| 33 | Bristol, VA | 5 |
| 34 | Herndon, VA | 0 |
| 34 | Manassas Park, VA | 0 |
| 34 | Martinsville, VA | 0 |