Western USA: Home prices vs Homes Built
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This chart compares housing construction and housing prices across Western U.S. metropolitan areas with populations above 200,000. Housing construction is measured as the annualized number of housing units built from 2000–2024 per 1,000 housing units that existed in 2000, using current metropolitan-area boundaries. Prices are July 2026 median listing prices per square foot. Housing-stock data are from the U.S. Census Bureau; price data are from Realtor.com.
Data:
Metro
Units/year per 1,000 units circa Y2K
July '26 $/ft²
St. George, UT
57.1
$287
Provo–Orem–Lehi, UT
47.6
$220
Greeley, CO
47.4
$220
Boise City, ID
36.7
$298
Bend, OR
33.9
$375
Las Vegas, NV
33.0
$262
Kennewick–Richland, WA
27.7
$262
Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler, AZ
27.5
$267
Lake Havasu City–Kingman, AZ
26.6
$247
Prescott Valley–Prescott, AZ
26.6
$325
Reno, NV
26.1
$337
Fort Collins–Loveland, CO
25.8
$272
Ogden, UT
24.0
$241
Colorado Springs, CO
22.9
$234
Yuma, AZ
22.4
$227
Olympia–Lacey–Tumwater, WA
22.4
$295
Salt Lake City, UT
22.1
$265
Denver, CO
21.4
$284
Las Cruces, NM
21.3
$186
Bellingham, WA
19.1
$380
Seattle, WA
18.3
$438
Stockton–Lodi, CA
17.4
$310
Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA
17.1
$333
Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR-WA
16.8
$306
Merced, CA
16.8
$269
Tucson, AZ
16.5
$224
Visalia, CA
16.0
$249
Medford, OR
15.7
$278
Bremerton–Silverdale–Port Orchard, WA
15.7
$323
Bakersfield–Delano, CA
15.7
$232
Sacramento–Roseville–Folsom, CA
15.2
$344
Albuquerque, NM
15.0
$223
Spokane, WA
14.8
$236
Boulder, CO
14.5
$407
Anchorage, AK
14.5
$268
Fresno, CA
14.3
$263
Salem, OR
14.3
$286
San Luis Obispo–Paso Robles, CA
13.1
$582
Chico, CA
12.3
$267
Eugene–Springfield, OR
11.5
$312
Yakima, WA
11.2
$244
Modesto, CA
11.0
$307
San Diego, CA
11.0
$600
San Jose, CA
10.9
$797
Vallejo, CA
10.7
$340
Honolulu, HI
10.3
$708
Santa Rosa–Petaluma, CA
9.4
$553
Oxnard–Thousand Oaks–Ventura, CA
8.9
$539
Salinas, CA
8.0
$686
San Francisco–Oakland, CA
7.9
$629
Santa Maria–Santa Barbara, CA
7.4
$880
Los Angeles–Orange County, CA
6.6
$659
Santa Cruz–Watsonville, CA
6.6
$731
- U.S. Census Bureau — ACS 2024, B25034 “Year Structure Built”
- U.S. Census Bureau — 2000–2010 Intercensal Housing Unit Estimates
- U.S. Census Bureau — Metropolitan/Micropolitan Delineation Files
- U.S. Census Bureau — ACS 2024, B01003 “Total Population”
- Realtor.com Economic Research — Residential Real Estate Data Library
- Realtor.com — July 2026 Monthly Housing Trends