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Fastest-growing housing markets by building permits

Metro areas ranked by year-over-year change in residential units authorized, comparing Jul 2025–Jun 2026 vs. Jul 2024–Jun 2025 — the same calendar months in both years, so seasonal swings cancel. Champaign-Urbana IL leads, up 189.7%.

A permit is an authorization, not a housing start — some authorized units are never built. Only metro areas with 500+ units in the prior-year window are ranked, and a single large approval can carry a mid-size metro.

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1. Champaign-Urbana IL — +189.7% change2. Syracuse NY — +176.8% change3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA — +162.5% change4. Abilene TX — +145.5% change5. Appleton WI — +124.2% change6. Rochester MN — +105.1% change7. Modesto CA — +81.7% change8. Rexburg ID — +81.5% change9. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara CA — +79.7% change10. Santa Rosa-Petaluma CA — +70.7% change
  1. 1.Champaign-Urbana IL+189.7%
  2. 2.Syracuse NY+176.8%
  3. 3.San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA+162.5%
  4. 4.Abilene TX+145.5%
  5. 5.Appleton WI+124.2%
  6. 6.Rochester MN+105.1%
  7. 7.Modesto CA+81.7%
  8. 8.Rexburg ID+81.5%
  9. 9.Santa Maria-Santa Barbara CA+79.7%
  10. 10.Santa Rosa-Petaluma CA+70.7%
Fastest-growing housing markets by building permits, 12 months to Jun 2026. Circle area is proportional to change. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Fastest-Growing U.S. Housing Markets by Permits
#Metro areaChangeCurrent windowYear earlierUnit change
1Champaign-Urbana IL+189.7%1,961677+1,284
2Syracuse NY+176.8%2,403868+1,535
3San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA+162.5%8,0973,085+5,012
4Abilene TX+145.5%1,917781+1,136
5Appleton WI+124.2%1,493666+827
6Rochester MN+105.1%1,411688+723
7Modesto CA+81.7%1,463805+658
8Rexburg ID+81.5%1,100606+494
9Santa Maria-Santa Barbara CA+79.7%1,132630+502
10Santa Rosa-Petaluma CA+70.7%1,678983+695
11Jackson MS+62.1%1,7981,109+689
12Oshkosh-Neenah WI+60.0%1,059662+397
13Salinas CA+52.6%897588+309
14Bend OR+45.1%3,1972,204+993
15Waco TX+44.8%1,7771,227+550
16Hinesville GA+44.0%847588+259
17Visalia CA+43.3%1,9781,380+598
18College Station-Bryan TX+42.8%2,8541,999+855
19New Haven CT+41.7%1,026724+302
20Anderson Creek NC+40.1%2,0561,468+588
21Providence-Warwick RI-MA+39.3%3,0532,192+861
22Iowa City IA+38.8%1,4431,040+403
23Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury CT+36.6%3,2652,390+875
24Madison WI+36.3%7,1065,214+1,892
25Colorado Springs CO+35.2%5,5994,141+1,458
26Bowling Green KY+34.9%1,4121,047+365
27LaGrange GA-AL+34.3%795592+203
28Eugene-Springfield OR+34.1%1,4311,067+364
29Amarillo TX+33.8%1,6481,232+416
30Asheville NC+33.3%4,3993,300+1,099
31Birmingham AL+32.5%4,7213,564+1,157
32Boulder CO+30.1%2,2061,696+510
33Ogden UT+29.0%3,6422,823+819
34Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA+28.7%20,01815,557+4,461
35Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater WA+28.2%1,8261,424+402
36Lansing-East Lansing MI+27.9%935731+204
37Ann Arbor MI+27.8%1,5731,231+342
38Fort Smith AR-OK+27.1%745586+159
39Rochester NY+26.6%1,8251,441+384
40Burlington-South Burlington VT+26.5%1,225968+257
41Cincinnati OH-KY-IN+26.5%8,6436,835+1,808
42Jacksonville NC+26.2%1,7611,395+366
43Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CA+25.0%33,61426,897+6,717
44South Bend-Mishawaka IN-MI+24.8%1,056846+210
45Baton Rouge LA+24.6%4,4053,534+871
46Auburn-Opelika AL+23.4%2,3421,898+444
47Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton NC+23.3%3,4752,818+657
48Wenatchee-East Wenatchee WA+23.2%1,218989+229
49Wichita KS+23.1%3,6552,968+687
50Kenosha WI+22.7%622507+115
51Cleveland OH+22.6%4,3933,584+809
52Savannah GA+22.0%5,3634,397+966
53Spartanburg SC+21.7%4,1823,436+746
54Odessa TX+20.9%1,175972+203
55Cookeville TN+20.4%993825+168
56Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard WA+19.0%1,5271,283+244
57Medford OR+18.9%995837+158
58Canton-Massillon OH+18.4%651550+101
59Kennewick-Richland WA+18.3%2,4952,109+386
60Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk VA-NC+18.3%5,3794,548+831
61Gainesville GA+18.2%1,7211,456+265
62Florence SC+18.0%990839+151
63Greeley CO+17.5%3,5403,012+528
64Greenville NC+17.1%1,6891,442+247
65Gainesville FL+16.9%2,1201,814+306
66Dothan AL+16.0%609525+84
67Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV+15.7%21,58818,664+2,924
68Logan UT-ID+15.6%1,4591,262+197
69Shreveport-Bossier City LA+15.6%1,1811,022+159
70Buffalo-Cheektowaga NY+15.0%1,3621,184+178
71Salt Lake City-Murray UT+14.9%7,0656,147+918
72New York-Newark-Jersey City NY-NJ+14.8%56,40149,121+7,280
73Salem OR+14.7%1,8621,624+238
74Tyler TX+14.4%580507+73
75Missoula MT+14.1%924810+114
76Seneca SC+13.9%760667+93
77Durham-Chapel Hill NC+13.4%5,6024,938+664
78Yuba City CA+12.8%875776+99
79Dover DE+12.8%1,3791,223+156
80Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers AR+11.4%9,5108,537+973
81Cedar City UT+11.3%740665+75
82Richmond-Berea KY+11.0%657592+65
83Portland-South Portland ME+10.6%3,3933,067+326
84Boston-Cambridge-Newton MA-NH+10.3%10,4589,484+974
85St. George UT+9.8%2,8442,589+255
86Racine-Mount Pleasant WI+9.2%592542+50
87Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood MI+9.2%4,0773,733+344
88Fort Collins CO+9.2%2,2962,103+193
89North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota FL+8.9%16,49615,141+1,355
90Pinehurst-Southern Pines NC+8.7%1,014933+81
91Columbia SC+8.2%6,5756,078+497
92Dalton GA+8.1%545504+41
93Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL+7.2%21,66620,211+1,455
94Slidell-Mandeville-Covington LA+6.9%1,1071,036+71
95Bakersfield-Delano CA+6.7%3,0622,870+192
96San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles CA+6.4%819770+49
97Urban Honolulu HI+6.1%1,6031,511+92
98Chico CA+5.2%945898+47
99Gulfport-Biloxi MS+5.1%3,3413,179+162
100Tulsa OK+4.8%4,8824,658+224

Top 100 of 296 ranked metro areas. Every row links to that geography’s full monthly permit history.

Other permit rankings

Metro areas with the most building permitsMetropolitan and micropolitan areas ranked by housing units authorized over the last 12 months.Counties with the most building permitsU.S. counties ranked by housing units authorized over the last 12 months.Building permits per capita by countyCounties ranked by units authorized per 1,000 residents — the housing-supply rate, not raw volume.Building permits per capita by metro areaMetro areas ranked by units authorized per 1,000 residents — the housing-supply rate.Housing markets with the steepest permit declinesMetro areas with the largest year-over-year drop in permitted units, same window both years.Metro areas where multifamily is the biggest share of new housingMetro areas ranked by the share of permitted units in buildings with 5 or more units — share, not volume.

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Fastest-growing housing markets by building permits — FAQ

Which housing market is growing fastest?+

Champaign-Urbana IL shows the largest year-over-year increase in permitted housing units, up 189.7% comparing Jul 2025–Jun 2026 vs. Jul 2024–Jun 2025 (Census Building Permits Survey).

Can one big project put a metro area at the top?+

Yes. A single approved apartment or subdivision phase of a few hundred units is enough to produce a triple-digit percentage gain in a metro that permits a couple of thousand units a year. The 500-unit floor on the prior-year window keeps the very smallest markets off the board, but it does not make a one-project jump into a trend. The unit-change column shows the absolute size of the move; the metro's own page shows whether it arrived in a single month.

Why compare 12 months rather than a full year?+

A year-over-year comparison needs the same window in both years. The shipped monthly series does not yet reach far enough back to place a full trailing-12 window against a complete prior-year one, so this uses the widest window that is complete in both years — 12 months. It widens automatically as more history is published.

Does a permit increase mean construction increased?+

Not necessarily. Permits authorize construction and lead starts by weeks to months; some authorized units are never built. Permits are the earliest published signal of construction intent, not a count of completions.

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