Submitted by Businomics Blog

The housing bust is pretty severe, but there are some exceptions. Out of 360 metropolitan areas (all that the Census Bureau is tracking), 62 metropolitan areas have increasing housing construction this year. That was a shocker to me. Here’s who is growing, ranked by the percentage change in the January through October total units permitted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metro
  Area

 

 

% chg

 

 

Hinesville-Fort
  Stewart, GA

 

 

350.0

 

 

Weirton-Steubenville,
  WV-OH

 

 

273.1

 

 

Lake
  Charles, LA

 

 

176.9

 

 

Wichita
  Falls, TX

 

 

139.2

 

 

Altoona,
  PA

 

 

127.3

 

 

Anniston-Oxford,
  AL

 

 

104.9

 

 

Hattiesburg,
  MS

 

 

96.9

 

 

Springfield,
  OH

 

 

95.7

 

 

Odessa,*
  TX

 

 

95.3

 

 

Texarkana,
  TX-Texarkana, AR

 

 

94.6

 

 

Santa
  Cruz-Watsonville, CA

 

 

94.3

 

 

Huntington-Ashland,
  WV-KY-OH

 

 

94.2

 

 

Pittsfield,
  MA

 

 

79.3

 

 

College
  Station-Bryan, TX

 

 

64.8

 

 

Lawton,
  OK

 

 

64.7

 

 

Wheeling,
  WV-OH

 

 

55.6

 

 

Great
  Falls, MT

 

 

49.1

 

 

New
  Orleans-Metairie-Kenner,* LA

 

 

41.0

 

 

Missoula,*
  MT

 

 

40.9

 

 

Erie, PA

 

 

40.1

 

 

Fort
  Smith, AR-OK

 

 

39.7

 

 

Amarillo,
  TX

 

 

37.4

 

 

Sumter,*
  SC

 

 

35.5

 

 

Albany-Schenectady-Troy,
  NY

 

 

32.6

 

 

Gulfport-Biloxi,
  MS

 

 

32.2

 

 

Battle
  Creek, MI

 

 

31.9

 

 

Terre
  Haute, IN

 

 

26.9

 

 

Macon, GA

 

 

25.4

 

 

Athens-Clarke
  County, GA

 

 

24.2

 

 

Owensboro,
  KY

 

 

23.1

 

 

Montgomery,
  AL

 

 

22.1

 

 

South
  Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI

 

 

21.5

 

 

Salinas,
  CA

 

 

19.7

 

 

Beaumont-Port
  Arthur, TX

 

 

19.4

 

 

Honolulu,*
  HI

 

 

18.7

 

 

Wenatchee,
  WA

 

 

17.2

 

 

Savannah,
  GA

 

 

15.2

 

 

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton,
  NC

 

 

10.9

 

 

Louisville-Jefferson
  County,* KY-IN

 

 

10.4

 

 

Midland,*
  TX

 

 

10.1

 

 

Bremerton-Silverdale,
  WA

 

 

9.8

 

 

Sioux
  Falls, SD

 

 

9.7

 

 

Topeka,
  KS

 

 

8.6

 

 

Yakima,
  WA

 

 

8.3

 

 

Logan,
  UT-ID

 

 

8.2

 

 

Coeur
  dAlene, ID

 

 

8.0

 

 

Davenport-Moline-Rock
  Island, IA-IL

 

 

8.0

 

 

Champaign-Urbana,
  IL

 

 

7.8

 

 

La
  Crosse, WI-MN

 

 

7.8

 

 

Harrisonburg,*
  VA

 

 

6.8

 

 

Kingston,
  NY

 

 

6.5

 

 

El Paso,
  TX

 

 

5.9

 

 

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk,
  CT

 

 

5.8

 

 

Elizabethtown,
  KY

 

 

4.6

 

 

Lancaster,
  PA

 

 

4.5

 

 

Tulsa,*
  OK

 

 

3.8

 

 

Lafayette,
  IN

 

 

2.9

 

 

Bismarck,
  ND

 

 

1.9

 

 

Rapid
  City, SD

 

 

1.6

 

 

Idaho
  Falls, ID

 

 

0.4

 

 

Billings,
  MT

 

 

0.2

 

 

Salem, OR

 

 

0.1

 

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