States / Most New Construction
Cities With the Most New Construction (2025)
Ranked by total housing units authorized by building permit — a leading signal of new supply, not units already built.
1Houston, TX5,953 buildings11,878 units2Los Angeles, CA4,368 buildings11,211 units3Phoenix, AZ3,693 buildings10,395 units4Fort Worth, TX6,074 buildings9,437 units5Columbus, OH1,339 buildings9,116 units6Austin, TX2,369 buildings8,893 units7Miami, FL298 buildings7,219 units8Dallas, TX2,412 buildings6,993 units9San Diego, CA1,233 buildings6,828 units10Jacksonville, FL3,693 buildings5,890 units11Frisco, TX1,123 buildings5,652 units12Atlanta, GA1,091 buildings5,622 units13Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN2,726 buildings5,555 units14San Antonio, TX3,998 buildings5,320 units15Oklahoma City, OK4,205 buildings5,236 units16Raleigh, NC1,427 buildings4,738 units17Denver, CO1,085 buildings4,727 units18Durham, NC2,571 buildings4,483 units19Seattle, WA926 buildings4,366 units20Chicago, IL708 buildings3,916 units21Omaha, NE1,731 buildings3,776 units22Henderson, NV2,804 buildings3,590 units23Denton, TX958 buildings3,438 units24Madison, WI290 buildings3,383 units25Philadelphia, PA938 buildings3,366 units26Surprise, AZ2,716 buildings3,355 units27San Jose, CA630 buildings3,313 units28Fulshear, TX3,264 buildings3,264 units29Salt Lake City, UT403 buildings3,217 units30McKinney, TX1,713 buildings3,040 units31Port St. Lucie, FL2,847 buildings3,028 units32Orlando, FL983 buildings2,986 units33Tampa, FL971 buildings2,818 units34Celina, TX2,496 buildings2,803 units35North Port, FL1,946 buildings2,688 units36Richmond, VA418 buildings2,681 units37Gainesville, FL246 buildings2,665 units38St. Petersburg, FL698 buildings2,641 units39Detroit, MI923 buildings2,620 units40North Las Vegas, NV1,551 buildings2,507 units41Palm Bay, FL1,916 buildings2,455 units42Cape Coral, FL2,076 buildings2,406 units43Lubbock, TX1,624 buildings2,382 units44Las Vegas, NV2,026 buildings2,329 units45West Lafayette, IN108 buildings2,307 units46Sacramento, CA1,092 buildings2,297 units47Gallatin, TN903 buildings2,267 units48Clarksville, TN1,296 buildings2,256 units49Lincoln, NE894 buildings2,215 units50Goodyear, AZ1,485 buildings2,209 units
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.