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

All 91 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- 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/West%20Region/we2025a.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/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/washington-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Seattle, WA | 468 |
| 2 | Kennewick, WA | 364 |
| 3 | Vancouver, WA | 326 |
| 4 | Richland, WA | 324 |
| 5 | Pasco, WA | 319 |
| 6 | Marysville, WA | 294 |
| 7 | Bellevue, WA | 273 |
| 8 | Kirkland, WA | 269 |
| 9 | Battle Ground, WA | 267 |
| 10 | Yakima, WA | 261 |
| 11 | Ridgefield, WA | 251 |
| 12 | Camas, WA | 233 |
| 13 | Bellingham, WA | 231 |
| 14 | Port Orchard, WA | 194 |
| 15 | Liberty Lake, WA | 192 |
| 16 | Spokane Valley, WA | 177 |
| 17 | Spokane, WA | 167 |
| 18 | Redmond, WA | 159 |
| 19 | Grandview, WA | 151 |
| 20 | Moses Lake, WA | 149 |
| 21 | Federal Way, WA | 136 |
| 22 | Everett, WA | 130 |
| 23 | Bothell, WA | 119 |
| 24 | Kent, WA | 117 |
| 25 | Walla Walla, WA | 101 |
| 25 | West Richland, WA | 101 |
| 27 | Centralia, WA | 97 |
| 28 | Port Townsend, WA | 96 |
| 29 | Covington, WA | 94 |
| 30 | Tumwater, WA | 92 |
| 31 | Poulsbo, WA | 89 |
| 32 | Newcastle, WA | 88 |
| 33 | Yelm, WA | 85 |
| 34 | Monroe, WA | 83 |
| 35 | Lake Stevens, WA | 82 |
| 36 | Bremerton, WA | 80 |
| 37 | Wenatchee, WA | 77 |
| 38 | Renton, WA | 70 |
| 39 | Olympia, WA | 67 |
| 40 | Tacoma, WA | 62 |
| 41 | Kenmore, WA | 61 |
| 42 | Edgewood, WA | 58 |
| 42 | Washougal, WA | 58 |
| 44 | Ellensburg, WA | 55 |
| 45 | Enumclaw, WA | 53 |
| 45 | Ferndale, WA | 53 |
| 47 | Sammamish, WA | 45 |
| 48 | Lakewood, WA | 35 |
| 48 | Oak Harbor, WA | 35 |
| 50 | Bainbridge Island, WA | 33 |
| 51 | Edmonds, WA | 31 |
| 52 | Mount Vernon, WA | 30 |
| 53 | Bonney Lake, WA | 28 |
| 54 | Kelso, WA | 27 |
| 54 | Lynden, WA | 27 |
| 56 | Auburn, WA | 26 |
| 56 | Lacey, WA | 26 |
| 56 | Sunnyside, WA | 26 |
| 59 | Longview, WA | 25 |
| 59 | Puyallup, WA | 25 |
| 59 | Sedro-Woolley, WA | 25 |
| 62 | Mercer Island, WA | 23 |
| 63 | Airway Heights, WA | 22 |
| 64 | East Wenatchee, WA | 21 |
| 65 | Cheney, WA | 20 |
| 65 | Port Angeles, WA | 20 |
| 67 | Anacortes, WA | 19 |
| 67 | Snohomish, WA | 19 |
| 67 | Woodinville, WA | 19 |
| 70 | Sumner, WA | 18 |
| 70 | Tukwila, WA | 18 |
| 72 | Lynnwood, WA | 15 |
| 72 | Mountlake Terrace, WA | 15 |
| 72 | Shoreline, WA | 15 |
| 75 | Burien, WA | 14 |
| 76 | Aberdeen, WA | 11 |
| 77 | Issaquah, WA | 10 |
| 77 | Shelton, WA | 10 |
| 77 | Snoqualmie, WA | 10 |
| 80 | Des Moines, WA | 9 |
| 80 | SeaTac, WA | 9 |
| 82 | Gig Harbor, WA | 8 |
| 83 | Pullman, WA | 7 |
| 84 | Lake Forest Park, WA | 6 |
| 84 | Mukilteo, WA | 6 |
| 86 | Arlington, WA | 5 |
| 87 | University Place, WA | 4 |
| 88 | Maple Valley, WA | 2 |
| 89 | Burlington, WA | 0 |
| 89 | Fife, WA | 0 |
| 89 | Mill Creek, WA | 0 |