USA Residential Construction
Single Unit Share: 2006
| SUMMARY BY ANNUAL POPULATION CHANGE RATE | ||
| Annual Population Change Rate | Single Units/Total Building Permits | Cases |
| +2% & Over | 75.8% | 12 |
| +1 - 2% | 74.1% | 13 |
| +0 - 1 % | 70.4% | 15 |
| Loss | 64.4% | 10 |
| Average | 68.7% | 50 |
| Building permit data for 2006 from Bureau of the Census. Population change rate from 2004 to 2005. | ||
| DATA FOR MARKETS OVER 1,000,000 | |||
| Rank | Metropolitan statistical areas | Single Units/Total Building Permits | Annual Population Change Rate |
| 1 | Richmond, VA | 93.9% | 1.63% |
| 2 | Oklahoma City, OK | 93.9% | 1.26% |
| 3 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 90.0% | 1.98% |
| 4 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 88.8% | 0.10% |
| 5 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 88.1% | -0.35% |
| 6 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 87.8% | 3.28% |
| 7 | Salt Lake City, UT | 84.8% | 1.57% |
| 8 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 83.6% | 0.36% |
| 9 | Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 83.5% | 0.75% |
| 10 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 82.9% | 0.99% |
| 11 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 82.4% | 0.78% |
| 12 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 82.4% | 1.43% |
| 13 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 82.3% | -0.03% |
| 14 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 82.0% | 4.09% |
| 15 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 80.9% | 2.37% |
| 16 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 80.5% | 3.15% |
| 17 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 79.7% | 0.66% |
| 18 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 79.1% | 2.53% |
| 19 | Baltimore-Towson, MD | 77.4% | 0.41% |
| 20 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 77.4% | 2.17% |
| 21 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 77.3% | 2.00% |
| 22 | Pittsburgh, PA | 76.7% | -0.49% |
| 23 | Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 76.7% | 3.77% |
| 24 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 76.6% | 0.96% |
| 25 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 76.2% | 0.35% |
| 26 | Rochester, NY | 73.9% | -0.20% |
| 27 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 73.9% | 0.42% |
| 28 | Columbus, OH | 73.8% | 1.06% |
| 29 | Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA | 73.1% | -0.29% |
| 30 | Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 72.4% | 1.37% |
| 31 | Denver-Aurora, CO | 72.3% | 1.45% |
| 32 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 71.0% | 0.46% |
| 33 | San Antonio, TX | 70.0% | 2.01% |
| 34 | Jacksonville, FL | 67.8% | 2.01% |
| 35 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 66.6% | -0.52% |
| 36 | Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 66.6% | 1.64% |
| 37 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 66.6% | 1.11% |
| 38 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 66.0% | 2.93% |
| 39 | Kansas City, MO-KS | 65.7% | 1.06% |
| 40 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 64.0% | 3.76% |
| 41 | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 61.3% | 0.53% |
| 42 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 60.7% | -0.03% |
| 43 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 57.9% | 1.12% |
| 44 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 51.6% | -0.06% |
| 45 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 44.1% | -0.16% |
| 46 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 43.4% | 0.14% |
| 47 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 42.9% | 1.24% |
| 48 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 40.2% | 0.19% |
| 49 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 34.6% | 0.98% |
| 50 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 27.0% | -0.04% |
| Total | 68.7% | 0.97% | |
| Building permit data for 2006 from Bureau of the Census. Population change rate from 2004 to 2005. | |||
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