GroundTally top 150 construction markets · data through 2026-07

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 — 61,275 units authorized (12mo)Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — 59,214 units authorized (12mo)New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — 57,375 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedPhoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — 35,159 units authorized (12mo)Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — 34,696 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — 33,511 units authorized (12mo)Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — 23,056 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — 22,392 units authorized (12mo)Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — 21,779 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedOrlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — 21,166 units authorized (12mo)Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — 20,712 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — 19,485 units authorized (12mo)Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — 18,973 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedRaleigh-Cary, NC — 18,703 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedNashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — 16,883 units authorized (12mo)North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — 16,522 units authorized (12mo)Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — 16,055 units authorized (12mo)Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — 14,801 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedMinneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — 14,757 units authorized (12mo)Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — 14,154 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedRiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — 13,739 units authorized (12mo)Columbus, OH — 13,145 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedIndianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — 12,831 units authorized (12mo)Jacksonville, FL — 11,930 units authorized (12mo)Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — 11,055 units authorized (12mo)Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — 11,004 units authorized (12mo)Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — 10,850 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedSacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — 10,438 units authorized (12mo)San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — 10,414 units authorized (12mo)Kansas City, MO-KS — 10,133 units authorized (12mo)San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — 9,981 units authorized (12mo)Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — 9,447 units authorized (12mo)Boise City, ID — 9,409 units authorized (12mo)Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — 9,081 units authorized (12mo)Richmond, VA — 8,733 units authorized (12mo)Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — 8,688 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedWilmington, NC — 8,489 units authorized (12mo)Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — 8,457 units authorized (12mo)Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — 8,322 units authorized (12mo)San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — 8,172 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedOklahoma City, OK — 8,129 units authorized (12mo)Knoxville, TN — 7,947 units authorized (12mo)San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — 7,773 units authorized (12mo)Charleston-North Charleston, SC — 7,654 units authorized (12mo)Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — 7,629 units authorized (12mo)Omaha, NE-IA — 7,088 units authorized (12mo)Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — 6,862 units authorized (12mo)Madison, WI — 6,708 units authorized (12mo)Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — 6,618 units authorized (12mo)McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — 6,573 units authorized (12mo)St. Louis, MO-IL — 6,544 units authorized (12mo)Columbia, SC — 6,492 units authorized (12mo)Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — 6,318 units authorized (12mo)Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — 5,831 units authorized (12mo)Ocala, FL — 5,645 units authorized (12mo)Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN — 5,562 units authorized (12mo)Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — 5,551 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedPittsburgh, PA — 5,514 units authorized (12mo)Colorado Springs, CO — 5,469 units authorized (12mo)Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — 5,239 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedDes Moines-West Des Moines, IA — 5,058 units authorized (12mo)Savannah, GA — 5,042 units authorized (12mo)Tulsa, OK — 4,932 units authorized (12mo)Tucson, AZ — 4,779 units authorized (12mo)Birmingham, AL — 4,762 units authorized (12mo)Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — 4,741 units authorized (12mo)Asheville, NC — 4,667 units authorized (12mo)Winston-Salem, NC — 4,646 units authorized (12mo)Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — 4,587 units authorized (12mo)Huntsville, AL — 4,579 units authorized (12mo)Cleveland, OH — 4,553 units authorized (12mo)Spartanburg, SC — 4,459 units authorized (12mo)Baton Rouge, LA — 4,330 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedGreensboro-High Point, NC — 4,311 units authorized (12mo)Port St. Lucie, FL — 4,154 units authorized (12mo)Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — 4,003 units authorized (12mo)Wichita, KS — 3,919 units authorized (12mo)Portland-South Portland, ME — 3,786 units authorized (12mo)Ogden, UT — 3,779 units authorized (12mo)Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — 3,734 units authorized (12mo)Memphis, TN-MS-AR — 3,683 units authorized (12mo)Wildwood-The Villages, FL — 3,671 units authorized (12mo)Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — 3,545 units authorized (12mo)Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — 3,485 units authorized (12mo)Greeley, CO — 3,467 units authorized (12mo)Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — 3,416 units authorized (12mo)College Station-Bryan, TX — 3,405 units authorized (12mo)Fresno, CA — 3,394 units authorized (12mo)Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — 3,345 units authorized (12mo)Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — 3,337 units authorized (12mo)Naples-Marco Island, FL — 3,265 units authorized (12mo)Punta Gorda, FL — 3,212 units authorized (12mo)Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — 3,188 units authorized (12mo)Reno, NV — 3,180 units authorized (12mo)Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — 3,164 units authorized (12mo)Chattanooga, TN-GA — 3,156 units authorized (12mo)Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — 3,126 units authorized (12mo)Killeen-Temple, TX — 3,104 units authorized (12mo)Bakersfield-Delano, CA — 3,053 units authorized (12mo)St. George, UT — 2,968 units authorized (12mo)Bend, OR — 2,874 units authorized (12mo)Sioux Falls, SD-MN — 2,866 units authorized (12mo)Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — 2,762 units authorized (12mo)Albuquerque, NM — 2,706 units authorized (12mo)Lubbock, TX — 2,681 units authorized (12mo)Clarksville, TN-KY — 2,656 units authorized (12mo)Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — 2,649 units authorized (12mo)Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — 2,608 units authorized (12mo)Syracuse, NY — 2,540 units authorized (12mo)Kennewick-Richland, WA — 2,493 units authorized (12mo)Stockton-Lodi, CA — 2,424 units authorized (12mo)Auburn-Opelika, AL — 2,408 units authorized (12mo)Tallahassee, FL — 2,399 units authorized (12mo)Fort Collins, CO — 2,378 units authorized (12mo)Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — 2,340 units authorized (12mo)Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — 2,316 units authorized (12mo)Gainesville, FL — 2,249 units authorized (12mo)Boulder, CO — 2,218 units authorized (12mo)Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — 2,205 units authorized (12mo)Lexington-Fayette, KY — 2,174 units authorized (12mo)Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — 2,122 units authorized (12mo)Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — 2,104 units authorized (12mo)Lincoln, NE — 2,089 units authorized (12mo)El Paso, TX — 2,072 units authorized (12mo)Corpus Christi, TX — 2,070 units authorized (12mo)Springfield, MO — 2,010 units authorized (12mo)Champaign-Urbana, IL — 2,003 units authorized (12mo)Visalia, CA — 1,977 units authorized (12mo)Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — 1,955 units authorized (12mo)Lafayette, LA — 1,951 units authorized (12mo)Coeur dAlene, ID — 1,951 units authorized (12mo)Homosassa Springs, FL — 1,943 units authorized (12mo)Burlington, NC — 1,920 units authorized (12mo)Abilene, TX — 1,916 units authorized (12mo)Salem, OR — 1,909 units authorized (12mo)Jacksonville, NC — 1,883 units authorized (12mo)Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — 1,866 units authorized (12mo)Jackson, MS — 1,845 units authorized (12mo)Worcester, MA — 1,805 units authorized (12mo)Rochester, NY — 1,791 units authorized (12mo)Green Bay, WI — 1,791 units authorized (12mo)Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — 1,788 units authorized (12mo)Greenville, NC — 1,769 units authorized (12mo)Gainesville, GA — 1,762 units authorized (12mo)New Orleans-Metairie, LA — 1,751 units authorized (12mo) · live permit feedSanta Rosa-Petaluma, CA — 1,682 units authorized (12mo)Fort Wayne, IN — 1,646 units authorized (12mo)Amarillo, TX — 1,635 units authorized (12mo)Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — 1,617 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 61,275 ▼ 11.9% $14.6B
2 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX South 59,214 ▼ 13.0% $15.7B
3 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ live Northeast 57,375 ▲ 19.4% $11.1B
4 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ West 35,159 ▼ 13.5% $9.5B
5 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA live West 34,696 ▲ 30.6% $7.3B
6 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA South 33,511 ▼ 5.5% $8.3B
7 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX live South 23,056 ▼ 25.3% $5.1B
8 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL South 22,392 ▲ 14.5% $6.3B
9 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV live South 21,779 ▲ 18.8% $4.7B
10 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL South 21,166 ▼ 22.1% $5.5B
11 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA live West 20,712 ▲ 35.8% $5.1B
12 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC South 19,485 ▼ 19.3% $5.0B
13 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL live South 18,973 ▼ 7.4% $6.1B
14 Raleigh-Cary, NC live South 18,703 ▲ 0.7% $4.4B
15 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN South 16,883 ▼ 14.6% $4.9B
16 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL South 16,522 ▲ 11.1% $4.9B
17 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO West 16,055 ▲ 2.4% $4.2B
18 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN live Midwest 14,801 ▼ 18.6% $4.9B
19 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Midwest 14,757 ▼ 0.6% $4.5B
20 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD live Northeast 14,154 ▲ 5.1% $2.6B
21 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA West 13,739 ▼ 8.8% $3.6B
22 Columbus, OH live Midwest 13,145 ▼ 16.8% $3.3B
23 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Midwest 12,831 ▼ 0.5% $4.2B
24 Jacksonville, FL South 11,930 ▼ 13.4% $3.1B
25 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL South 11,055 ▼ 29.6% $3.1B
26 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV West 11,004 ▼ 14.1% $2.8B
27 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH live Northeast 10,850 ▲ 14.4% $3.5B
28 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA West 10,438 ▲ 1.1% $3.1B
29 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA West 10,414 ▼ 19.2% $2.2B
30 Kansas City, MO-KS Midwest 10,133 ▲ 3.1% $2.9B
31 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX South 9,981 ▼ 24.1% $2.4B
32 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR South 9,447 ▲ 10.5% $2.5B
33 Boise City, ID West 9,409 ▼ 2.1% $2.5B
34 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA West 9,081 ▼ 0.3% $2.8B
35 Richmond, VA South 8,733 ▼ 9.6% $1.5B
36 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN live Midwest 8,688 ▲ 26.8% $1.9B
37 Wilmington, NC South 8,489 ▲ 1.5% $2.3B
38 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC South 8,457 ▼ 6.3% $3.3B
39 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Midwest 8,322 ▼ 5.4% $2.3B
40 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA live West 8,172 ▲ 29.0% $3.0B
41 Oklahoma City, OK South 8,129 ▲ 5.5% $2.1B
42 Knoxville, TN South 7,947 ▲ 5.3% $2.1B
43 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA West 7,773 ▲ 122.0% $1.8B
44 Charleston-North Charleston, SC South 7,654 ▼ 2.0% $2.4B
45 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT West 7,629 ▲ 20.3% $2.1B
46 Omaha, NE-IA Midwest 7,088 ▲ 1.3% $1.2B
47 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL South 6,862 ▼ 26.8% $2.0B
48 Madison, WI Midwest 6,708 ▲ 18.6% $1.8B
49 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT West 6,618 ▼ 2.1% $1.8B
50 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX South 6,573 ▼ 11.2% $1.2B
51 St. Louis, MO-IL Midwest 6,544 ▲ 1.8% $2.1B
52 Columbia, SC South 6,492 ▲ 15.9% $1.6B
53 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC South 6,318 ▼ 9.8% $1.4B
54 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC South 5,831 ▲ 25.6% $1.8B
55 Ocala, FL South 5,645 ▼ 11.0% $1.2B
56 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN South 5,562 ▼ 11.6% $1.4B
57 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD live South 5,551 ▼ 19.0% $1.4B
58 Pittsburgh, PA Northeast 5,514 ▼ 2.3% $1.4B
59 Colorado Springs, CO West 5,469 ▲ 30.4% $2.0B
60 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC live South 5,239 ▲ 12.7% $1.5B
61 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Midwest 5,058 ▼ 16.0% $1.6B
62 Savannah, GA South 5,042 ▼ 0.1% $947.5M
63 Tulsa, OK South 4,932 ▲ 5.4% $1.1B
64 Tucson, AZ West 4,779 ▲ 5.3% $1.6B
65 Birmingham, AL South 4,762 ▲ 32.9% $1.3B
66 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL South 4,741 ▲ 2.7% $1.7B
67 Asheville, NC South 4,667 ▲ 38.9% $1.2B
68 Winston-Salem, NC South 4,646 ▼ 2.1% $1.4B
69 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL South 4,587 ▼ 14.2% $1.7B
70 Huntsville, AL South 4,579 ▲ 4.8% $1.2B
71 Cleveland, OH Midwest 4,553 ▲ 30.7% $1.4B
72 Spartanburg, SC South 4,459 ▲ 26.7% $886.6M
73 Baton Rouge, LA live South 4,330 ▲ 20.7% $900.0M
74 Greensboro-High Point, NC South 4,311 ▲ 13.8% $1.0B
75 Port St. Lucie, FL South 4,154 ▼ 26.2% $1.8B
76 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Midwest 4,003 ▲ 7.6% $1.2B
77 Wichita, KS Midwest 3,919 ▲ 31.0% $882.8M
78 Portland-South Portland, ME Northeast 3,786 ▲ 23.9% $1.0B
79 Ogden, UT West 3,779 ▲ 35.5% $1.1B
80 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL South 3,734 ▲ 8.1% $954.7M
81 Memphis, TN-MS-AR South 3,683 ▲ 3.7% $878.5M
82 Wildwood-The Villages, FL South 3,671 ▼ 2.9% $884.2M
83 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC South 3,545 ▼ 19.1% $987.5M
84 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL South 3,485 ▼ 5.0% $1.4B
85 Greeley, CO West 3,467 ▲ 11.4% $1.1B
86 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC South 3,416 ▲ 15.8% $735.8M
87 College Station-Bryan, TX South 3,405 ▲ 60.0% $743.3M
88 Fresno, CA West 3,394 ▼ 6.7% $1.0B
89 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS South 3,345 ▲ 5.9% $495.0M
90 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL South 3,337 ▼ 6.3% $1.1B
91 Naples-Marco Island, FL South 3,265 ▲ 2.8% $1.6B
92 Punta Gorda, FL South 3,212 ▼ 9.7% $932.0M
93 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA West 3,188 ▼ 12.1% $726.8M
94 Reno, NV West 3,180 ▼ 20.7% $808.7M
95 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Northeast 3,164 ▲ 44.9% $702.3M
96 Chattanooga, TN-GA South 3,156 ▲ 3.5% $669.2M
97 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Midwest 3,126 ▼ 10.0% $1.1B
98 Killeen-Temple, TX South 3,104 ▼ 18.7% $752.2M
99 Bakersfield-Delano, CA West 3,053 ▲ 5.0% $679.1M
100 St. George, UT West 2,968 ▲ 17.7% $636.0M
101 Bend, OR West 2,874 ▲ 12.2% $773.7M
102 Sioux Falls, SD-MN Midwest 2,866 ▲ 7.1% $609.0M
103 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR South 2,762 ▼ 13.2% $679.8M
104 Albuquerque, NM West 2,706 ▼ 11.1% $573.7M
105 Lubbock, TX South 2,681 ▲ 3.0% $672.1M
106 Clarksville, TN-KY South 2,656 ▼ 10.3% $494.4M
107 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Northeast 2,649 ▼ 9.6% $870.5M
108 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC South 2,608 ▼ 20.4% $1.1B
109 Syracuse, NY Northeast 2,540 ▲ 195.0% $374.9M
110 Kennewick-Richland, WA West 2,493 ▲ 17.8% $639.3M
111 Stockton-Lodi, CA West 2,424 ▼ 24.6% $1.0B
112 Auburn-Opelika, AL South 2,408 ▲ 30.1% $657.2M
113 Tallahassee, FL South 2,399 ▼ 6.8% $504.2M
114 Fort Collins, CO West 2,378 ▲ 11.5% $632.4M
115 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Northeast 2,340 ▲ 11.5% $592.3M
116 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX South 2,316 ▲ 7.8% $467.0M
117 Gainesville, FL South 2,249 ▲ 21.0% $480.8M
118 Boulder, CO West 2,218 ▲ 28.3% $628.8M
119 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Northeast 2,205 ▲ 3.3% $467.1M
120 Lexington-Fayette, KY South 2,174 ▼ 9.5% $456.9M
121 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Midwest 2,122 ▼ 0.6% $551.7M
122 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL South 2,104 ▼ 12.6% $727.0M
123 Lincoln, NE Midwest 2,089 ▼ 13.0% $517.8M
124 El Paso, TX South 2,072 ▼ 7.4% $480.8M
125 Corpus Christi, TX South 2,070 ▼ 5.3% $544.3M
126 Springfield, MO Midwest 2,010 ▲ 1.3% $586.8M
127 Champaign-Urbana, IL Midwest 2,003 ▲ 175.9% $439.8M
128 Visalia, CA West 1,977 ▲ 33.2% $523.6M
129 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Northeast 1,955 ▼ 15.8% $635.8M
130 Lafayette, LA South 1,951 ▼ 7.9% $473.4M
131 Coeur dAlene, ID West 1,951 ▲ 11.1% $590.4M
132 Homosassa Springs, FL South 1,943 ▼ 12.1% $497.6M
133 Burlington, NC South 1,920 ▼ 18.0% $311.9M
134 Abilene, TX South 1,916 ▲ 128.1% $447.6M
135 Salem, OR West 1,909 ▲ 33.3% $495.6M
136 Jacksonville, NC South 1,883 ▲ 40.7% $357.0M
137 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Midwest 1,866 ▼ 49.7% $389.9M
138 Jackson, MS South 1,845 ▲ 67.9% $438.4M
139 Worcester, MA Northeast 1,805 ▲ 0.9% $483.9M
140 Rochester, NY Northeast 1,791 ▲ 21.3% $495.1M
141 Green Bay, WI Midwest 1,791 ▼ 4.6% $683.5M
142 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA West 1,788 ▲ 19.4% $375.2M
143 Greenville, NC South 1,769 ▲ 20.7% $336.6M
144 Gainesville, GA South 1,762 ▲ 18.8% $531.4M
145 New Orleans-Metairie, LA live South 1,751 ▼ 7.9% $457.2M
146 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA West 1,682 ▲ 73.6% $422.3M
147 Fort Wayne, IN Midwest 1,646 ▲ 0.1% $570.6M
148 Amarillo, TX South 1,635 ▲ 30.0% $352.1M
149 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV South 1,617 ▼ 1.4% $369.1M
150 Urban Honolulu, HI West 1,615 ▲ 7.2% $520.5M