GroundTally top 150 construction markets · data through 2026-06

Top 150 US metros by construction activity

Housing units authorized in the trailing 12 months per the U.S. Census Building Permits Survey (official statistics, ~2-month lag). Metros with a live badge have a GroundTally permit-level feed — click through for contractors, trades, and daily data.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — 61,973 units authorized (12mo)Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — 59,212 units authorized (12mo)New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — 56,401 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedPhoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — 36,414 units authorized (12mo)Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — 33,614 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — 33,518 units authorized (12mo)Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — 23,368 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — 21,666 units authorized (12mo)Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — 21,588 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedOrlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — 21,240 units authorized (12mo)Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — 20,018 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — 19,866 units authorized (12mo)Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — 19,145 units authorized (12mo)Raleigh-Cary, NC — 19,018 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedNashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — 17,510 units authorized (12mo)North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — 16,496 units authorized (12mo)Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — 15,506 units authorized (12mo)Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — 15,460 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedMinneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — 14,222 units authorized (12mo)Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — 14,036 units authorized (12mo)Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — 13,843 units authorized (12mo)Columbus, OH — 12,901 units authorized (12mo)Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — 12,750 units authorized (12mo)Jacksonville, FL — 12,443 units authorized (12mo)Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — 11,111 units authorized (12mo)San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — 10,989 units authorized (12mo)Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — 10,841 units authorized (12mo)Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — 10,479 units authorized (12mo)Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — 10,458 units authorized (12mo)Kansas City, MO-KS — 9,979 units authorized (12mo)San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — 9,883 units authorized (12mo)Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — 9,510 units authorized (12mo)Boise City, ID — 9,087 units authorized (12mo)Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — 8,859 units authorized (12mo)Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — 8,643 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — 8,589 units authorized (12mo)Richmond, VA — 8,493 units authorized (12mo)Wilmington, NC — 8,156 units authorized (12mo)San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — 8,097 units authorized (12mo)Oklahoma City, OK — 8,011 units authorized (12mo)Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — 7,991 units authorized (12mo)Knoxville, TN — 7,675 units authorized (12mo)Charleston-North Charleston, SC — 7,529 units authorized (12mo)San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — 7,430 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedMadison, WI — 7,106 units authorized (12mo)Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — 7,065 units authorized (12mo)Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — 6,787 units authorized (12mo)Omaha, NE-IA — 6,732 units authorized (12mo)Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — 6,731 units authorized (12mo)McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — 6,612 units authorized (12mo)Columbia, SC — 6,575 units authorized (12mo)St. Louis, MO-IL — 6,511 units authorized (12mo)Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — 6,390 units authorized (12mo)Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN — 5,668 units authorized (12mo)Ocala, FL — 5,633 units authorized (12mo)Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — 5,602 units authorized (12mo)Colorado Springs, CO — 5,599 units authorized (12mo)Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — 5,534 units authorized (12mo)Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — 5,379 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedSavannah, GA — 5,363 units authorized (12mo)Pittsburgh, PA — 5,352 units authorized (12mo)Tulsa, OK — 4,882 units authorized (12mo)Birmingham, AL — 4,721 units authorized (12mo)Winston-Salem, NC — 4,686 units authorized (12mo)Huntsville, AL — 4,584 units authorized (12mo)Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — 4,584 units authorized (12mo)Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — 4,538 units authorized (12mo)Tucson, AZ — 4,521 units authorized (12mo)Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — 4,482 units authorized (12mo)Baton Rouge, LA — 4,405 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedAsheville, NC — 4,399 units authorized (12mo)Cleveland, OH — 4,393 units authorized (12mo)Spartanburg, SC — 4,182 units authorized (12mo)Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — 4,077 units authorized (12mo)Port St. Lucie, FL — 4,064 units authorized (12mo)Greensboro-High Point, NC — 4,027 units authorized (12mo)Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — 3,693 units authorized (12mo)Wichita, KS — 3,655 units authorized (12mo)Ogden, UT — 3,642 units authorized (12mo)Memphis, TN-MS-AR — 3,594 units authorized (12mo)Wildwood-The Villages, FL — 3,579 units authorized (12mo)Greeley, CO — 3,540 units authorized (12mo)Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — 3,539 units authorized (12mo)Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — 3,475 units authorized (12mo)Fresno, CA — 3,433 units authorized (12mo)Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — 3,432 units authorized (12mo)Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — 3,428 units authorized (12mo)Portland-South Portland, ME — 3,393 units authorized (12mo)Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — 3,341 units authorized (12mo)Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — 3,333 units authorized (12mo)Reno, NV — 3,272 units authorized (12mo)Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — 3,265 units authorized (12mo)Naples-Marco Island, FL — 3,259 units authorized (12mo)Bend, OR — 3,197 units authorized (12mo)Chattanooga, TN-GA — 3,165 units authorized (12mo)Killeen-Temple, TX — 3,103 units authorized (12mo)Punta Gorda, FL — 3,073 units authorized (12mo)Bakersfield-Delano, CA — 3,062 units authorized (12mo)Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — 3,053 units authorized (12mo)Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — 2,942 units authorized (12mo)College Station-Bryan, TX — 2,854 units authorized (12mo)St. George, UT — 2,844 units authorized (12mo)Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — 2,789 units authorized (12mo)Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — 2,713 units authorized (12mo)Lubbock, TX — 2,712 units authorized (12mo)Albuquerque, NM — 2,636 units authorized (12mo)Clarksville, TN-KY — 2,599 units authorized (12mo)Sioux Falls, SD-MN — 2,594 units authorized (12mo)Kennewick-Richland, WA — 2,495 units authorized (12mo)Stockton-Lodi, CA — 2,434 units authorized (12mo)Syracuse, NY — 2,403 units authorized (12mo)Tallahassee, FL — 2,400 units authorized (12mo)Auburn-Opelika, AL — 2,342 units authorized (12mo)Fort Collins, CO — 2,296 units authorized (12mo)Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — 2,267 units authorized (12mo)Lexington-Fayette, KY — 2,248 units authorized (12mo)Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — 2,209 units authorized (12mo)Boulder, CO — 2,206 units authorized (12mo)Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — 2,188 units authorized (12mo)Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — 2,154 units authorized (12mo)Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — 2,140 units authorized (12mo)Gainesville, FL — 2,120 units authorized (12mo)Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — 2,102 units authorized (12mo)Corpus Christi, TX — 2,070 units authorized (12mo)El Paso, TX — 2,069 units authorized (12mo)Springfield, MO — 2,010 units authorized (12mo)Lincoln, NE — 2,002 units authorized (12mo)Visalia, CA — 1,978 units authorized (12mo)Lafayette, LA — 1,972 units authorized (12mo)Champaign-Urbana, IL — 1,961 units authorized (12mo)Homosassa Springs, FL — 1,941 units authorized (12mo)Abilene, TX — 1,917 units authorized (12mo)Burlington, NC — 1,876 units authorized (12mo)Salem, OR — 1,862 units authorized (12mo)Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — 1,826 units authorized (12mo)Rochester, NY — 1,825 units authorized (12mo)Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — 1,815 units authorized (12mo)Worcester, MA — 1,806 units authorized (12mo)Green Bay, WI — 1,804 units authorized (12mo)Jackson, MS — 1,798 units authorized (12mo)Waco, TX — 1,777 units authorized (12mo)Coeur dAlene, ID — 1,771 units authorized (12mo)Jacksonville, NC — 1,761 units authorized (12mo)New Orleans-Metairie, LA — 1,750 units authorized (12mo)Gainesville, GA — 1,721 units authorized (12mo)Greenville, NC — 1,689 units authorized (12mo)Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — 1,678 units authorized (12mo)Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — 1,654 units authorized (12mo)Amarillo, TX — 1,648 units authorized (12mo)
Dot area = housing units authorized, trailing 12 months. Lower 48 shown; Alaska & Hawaii metros appear in the table.
#MetroRegion Units (12mo)YoYValuation (12mo)
1 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX South 61,973 ▼ 11.8% $14.9B
2 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX South 59,212 ▼ 12.3% $15.8B
3 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ live Northeast 56,401 ▲ 14.8% $10.8B
4 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ West 36,414 ▼ 10.0% $9.7B
5 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA live West 33,614 ▲ 25.0% $7.0B
6 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA South 33,518 ▼ 5.7% $8.2B
7 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX live South 23,368 ▼ 25.7% $5.3B
8 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL South 21,666 ▲ 7.2% $6.1B
9 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV live South 21,588 ▲ 15.7% $4.7B
10 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL South 21,240 ▼ 21.3% $5.6B
11 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA live West 20,018 ▲ 28.7% $5.0B
12 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC South 19,866 ▼ 19.3% $5.1B
13 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL South 19,145 ▲ 1.1% $6.8B
14 Raleigh-Cary, NC live South 19,018 ▲ 0.3% $4.4B
15 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN South 17,510 ▼ 9.1% $5.0B
16 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL South 16,496 ▲ 8.9% $4.9B
17 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO West 15,506 ▼ 3.1% $4.1B
18 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN live Midwest 15,460 ▼ 12.7% $5.0B
19 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Midwest 14,222 ▼ 4.0% $4.4B
20 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Northeast 14,036 ▲ 4.1% $2.6B
21 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA West 13,843 ▼ 8.8% $3.6B
22 Columbus, OH Midwest 12,901 ▼ 16.4% $3.1B
23 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Midwest 12,750 ▼ 0.3% $4.2B
24 Jacksonville, FL South 12,443 ▼ 10.4% $3.2B
25 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV West 11,111 ▼ 15.9% $2.9B
26 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA West 10,989 ▼ 10.1% $2.3B
27 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL South 10,841 ▼ 32.0% $3.1B
28 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA West 10,479 ▼ 4.0% $3.1B
29 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Northeast 10,458 ▲ 10.3% $3.4B
30 Kansas City, MO-KS Midwest 9,979 ▲ 3.7% $2.9B
31 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX South 9,883 ▼ 26.4% $2.5B
32 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR South 9,510 ▲ 11.4% $2.6B
33 Boise City, ID West 9,087 ▼ 6.0% $2.4B
34 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA West 8,859 ▼ 4.5% $2.8B
35 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN live Midwest 8,643 ▲ 26.5% $1.9B
36 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Midwest 8,589 ▲ 2.3% $2.3B
37 Richmond, VA South 8,493 ▼ 14.7% $1.5B
38 Wilmington, NC South 8,156 ▼ 4.8% $2.2B
39 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA West 8,097 ▲ 162.5% $1.8B
40 Oklahoma City, OK South 8,011 ▲ 4.2% $2.1B
41 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC South 7,991 ▼ 12.8% $3.1B
42 Knoxville, TN South 7,675 ▲ 4.6% $2.1B
43 Charleston-North Charleston, SC South 7,529 ▼ 7.8% $2.4B
44 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA live West 7,430 ▲ 3.8% $2.7B
45 Madison, WI Midwest 7,106 ▲ 36.3% $1.9B
46 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT West 7,065 ▲ 14.9% $2.0B
47 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL South 6,787 ▼ 28.8% $2.0B
48 Omaha, NE-IA Midwest 6,732 ▼ 3.4% $1.2B
49 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT West 6,731 ▲ 0.4% $1.9B
50 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX South 6,612 ▼ 12.7% $1.3B
51 Columbia, SC South 6,575 ▲ 8.2% $1.6B
52 St. Louis, MO-IL Midwest 6,511 ▼ 2.5% $2.1B
53 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC South 6,390 ▼ 8.3% $1.4B
54 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN South 5,668 ▼ 9.9% $1.4B
55 Ocala, FL South 5,633 ▼ 14.8% $1.2B
56 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC South 5,602 ▲ 13.4% $1.7B
57 Colorado Springs, CO West 5,599 ▲ 35.2% $2.0B
58 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD South 5,534 ▼ 21.6% $1.4B
59 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC live South 5,379 ▲ 18.3% $1.5B
60 Savannah, GA South 5,363 ▲ 22.0% $1.0B
61 Pittsburgh, PA Northeast 5,352 ▼ 7.1% $1.4B
62 Tulsa, OK South 4,882 ▲ 4.8% $1.1B
63 Birmingham, AL South 4,721 ▲ 32.5% $1.3B
64 Winston-Salem, NC South 4,686 ▼ 4.8% $1.4B
65 Huntsville, AL South 4,584 ▲ 4.3% $1.2B
66 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Midwest 4,584 ▼ 27.8% $1.5B
67 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL South 4,538 ▲ 2.7% $1.7B
68 Tucson, AZ West 4,521 ▼ 7.5% $1.5B
69 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL South 4,482 ▼ 18.6% $1.6B
70 Baton Rouge, LA live South 4,405 ▲ 24.6% $923.4M
71 Asheville, NC South 4,399 ▲ 33.3% $1.2B
72 Cleveland, OH Midwest 4,393 ▲ 22.6% $1.3B
73 Spartanburg, SC South 4,182 ▲ 21.7% $847.2M
74 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Midwest 4,077 ▲ 9.2% $1.2B
75 Port St. Lucie, FL South 4,064 ▼ 28.6% $1.8B
76 Greensboro-High Point, NC South 4,027 ▼ 1.4% $960.9M
77 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL South 3,693 ▲ 3.9% $944.0M
78 Wichita, KS Midwest 3,655 ▲ 23.1% $845.1M
79 Ogden, UT West 3,642 ▲ 29.0% $1.0B
80 Memphis, TN-MS-AR South 3,594 ▲ 0.0% $880.1M
81 Wildwood-The Villages, FL South 3,579 ▼ 5.8% $838.9M
82 Greeley, CO West 3,540 ▲ 17.5% $1.1B
83 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC South 3,539 ▼ 19.8% $993.1M
84 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC South 3,475 ▲ 23.3% $838.2M
85 Fresno, CA West 3,433 ▼ 9.2% $1.0B
86 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL South 3,432 ▼ 11.2% $1.4B
87 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL South 3,428 ▼ 0.3% $1.1B
88 Portland-South Portland, ME Northeast 3,393 ▲ 10.6% $976.8M
89 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS South 3,341 ▲ 5.1% $492.7M
90 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Midwest 3,333 ▼ 3.0% $1.2B
91 Reno, NV West 3,272 ▼ 19.3% $816.8M
92 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Northeast 3,265 ▲ 36.6% $976.4M
93 Naples-Marco Island, FL South 3,259 ▲ 2.0% $1.5B
94 Bend, OR West 3,197 ▲ 45.1% $811.1M
95 Chattanooga, TN-GA South 3,165 ▲ 4.1% $657.6M
96 Killeen-Temple, TX South 3,103 ▼ 18.8% $747.8M
97 Punta Gorda, FL South 3,073 ▼ 16.3% $884.8M
98 Bakersfield-Delano, CA West 3,062 ▲ 6.7% $684.2M
99 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Northeast 3,053 ▲ 39.3% $673.2M
100 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA West 2,942 ▼ 27.7% $656.7M
101 College Station-Bryan, TX South 2,854 ▲ 42.8% $592.3M
102 St. George, UT West 2,844 ▲ 9.8% $626.5M
103 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR South 2,789 ▼ 9.5% $677.5M
104 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC South 2,713 ▼ 13.0% $1.1B
105 Lubbock, TX South 2,712 ▲ 4.7% $689.3M
106 Albuquerque, NM West 2,636 ▼ 17.4% $569.0M
107 Clarksville, TN-KY South 2,599 ▼ 15.1% $485.0M
108 Sioux Falls, SD-MN Midwest 2,594 ▼ 6.5% $560.4M
109 Kennewick-Richland, WA West 2,495 ▲ 18.3% $641.1M
110 Stockton-Lodi, CA West 2,434 ▼ 27.2% $1.0B
111 Syracuse, NY Northeast 2,403 ▲ 176.8% $369.8M
112 Tallahassee, FL South 2,400 ▼ 7.7% $490.5M
113 Auburn-Opelika, AL South 2,342 ▲ 23.4% $636.9M
114 Fort Collins, CO West 2,296 ▲ 9.2% $602.1M
115 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Northeast 2,267 ▲ 3.0% $573.7M
116 Lexington-Fayette, KY South 2,248 ▼ 4.1% $474.6M
117 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX South 2,209 ▲ 1.5% $450.8M
118 Boulder, CO West 2,206 ▲ 30.1% $633.2M
119 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Midwest 2,188 ▼ 34.8% $442.3M
120 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Midwest 2,154 ▲ 4.1% $556.9M
121 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Northeast 2,140 ▲ 0.9% $452.8M
122 Gainesville, FL South 2,120 ▲ 16.9% $459.2M
123 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL South 2,102 ▼ 21.3% $719.3M
124 Corpus Christi, TX South 2,070 ▼ 3.3% $543.1M
125 El Paso, TX South 2,069 ▼ 7.7% $476.7M
126 Springfield, MO Midwest 2,010 ▲ 0.1% $583.7M
127 Lincoln, NE Midwest 2,002 ▼ 14.6% $508.0M
128 Visalia, CA West 1,978 ▲ 43.3% $520.4M
129 Lafayette, LA South 1,972 ▼ 6.4% $473.9M
130 Champaign-Urbana, IL Midwest 1,961 ▲ 189.7% $434.9M
131 Homosassa Springs, FL South 1,941 ▼ 13.1% $502.2M
132 Abilene, TX South 1,917 ▲ 145.5% $443.7M
133 Burlington, NC South 1,876 ▼ 26.7% $306.5M
134 Salem, OR West 1,862 ▲ 14.7% $482.7M
135 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA West 1,826 ▲ 28.2% $386.7M
136 Rochester, NY Northeast 1,825 ▲ 26.6% $502.5M
137 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Northeast 1,815 ▼ 31.1% $585.1M
138 Worcester, MA Northeast 1,806 ▼ 4.0% $484.5M
139 Green Bay, WI Midwest 1,804 ▲ 0.5% $682.5M
140 Jackson, MS South 1,798 ▲ 62.1% $423.4M
141 Waco, TX South 1,777 ▲ 44.8% $367.2M
142 Coeur dAlene, ID West 1,771 ▼ 0.7% $559.8M
143 Jacksonville, NC South 1,761 ▲ 26.2% $339.6M
144 New Orleans-Metairie, LA South 1,750 ▼ 9.7% $487.5M
145 Gainesville, GA South 1,721 ▲ 18.2% $504.4M
146 Greenville, NC South 1,689 ▲ 17.1% $310.5M
147 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA West 1,678 ▲ 70.7% $417.8M
148 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV South 1,654 ▲ 2.6% $377.5M
149 Amarillo, TX South 1,648 ▲ 33.8% $356.5M
150 Urban Honolulu, HI West 1,603 ▲ 6.1% $516.3M