HousingPermits

Metro area in Idaho

Pocatello, ID

The Pocatello metro area authorized 592 new housing units in 2025. Duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes supplied 24% of its units in 2021–2025, the sixth-highest share among the 387 US metro areas. Single-family houses made up 65% of the units authorized in 2021–2025, the lowest share among the 6 metro areas based in Idaho.

02004006008002004: 560 units (433 single-family, 13 in 2–4 unit, 114 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 649 units (521 single-family, 58 in 2–4 unit, 70 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 679 units (607 single-family, 62 in 2–4 unit, 10 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 316 units (302 single-family, 14 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 219 units (211 single-family, 8 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 152 units (152 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 140 units (137 single-family, 3 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 75 units (75 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 136 units (136 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 162 units (162 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 162 units (142 single-family, 20 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 190 units (168 single-family, 22 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 202 units (202 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 223 units (203 single-family, 20 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 404 units (372 single-family, 32 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 307 units (277 single-family, 24 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 763 units (286 single-family, 83 in 2–4 unit, 394 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 489 units (364 single-family, 125 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 526 units (280 single-family, 125 in 2–4 unit, 121 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 343 units (256 single-family, 64 in 2–4 unit, 23 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 323 units (277 single-family, 40 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 592 units (297 single-family, 199 in 2–4 unit, 96 in 5+ unit buildings)200420072010201320162019202220252020 high · 7632011 low · 7503006009002004: 560 units (433 single-family, 13 in 2–4 unit, 114 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 649 units (521 single-family, 58 in 2–4 unit, 70 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 679 units (607 single-family, 62 in 2–4 unit, 10 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 316 units (302 single-family, 14 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 219 units (211 single-family, 8 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 152 units (152 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 140 units (137 single-family, 3 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 75 units (75 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 136 units (136 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 162 units (162 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 162 units (142 single-family, 20 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 190 units (168 single-family, 22 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 202 units (202 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 223 units (203 single-family, 20 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 404 units (372 single-family, 32 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 307 units (277 single-family, 24 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 763 units (286 single-family, 83 in 2–4 unit, 394 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 489 units (364 single-family, 125 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 526 units (280 single-family, 125 in 2–4 unit, 121 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 343 units (256 single-family, 64 in 2–4 unit, 23 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 323 units (277 single-family, 40 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 592 units (297 single-family, 199 in 2–4 unit, 96 in 5+ unit buildings)2004200820122016202020252020 high · 763

Single-family2–4 units5+ units

The housing bust cut annual permits by 89%, from 679 at the 2004–2006 high to 75 in 2011, the deepest drop among the 6 metro areas based in Idaho.

Houses or apartments

The closest match in building mix among the 386 other metro areas is Augusta (11% in five-plus buildings). Units in five-plus buildings peaked in 2020 (394), single-family houses in 2006 (607).

2021–202564.8%65%24.3%24%10.8%11%2004–200682.7%83%7.0%10.3%10%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%2021–202564.8%65%24.3%24%10.8%2004–200682.7%83%7.0%10.3%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%

Busiest permit offices

Across the metro area, 8 permit offices authorized new housing in 2021–2025. The busiest was Pocatello, with 1,035 units or 46% of the total, followed by Chubbuck with 636.

  • Pocatello46% (1,035 units)
  • Chubbuck28% (636 units)
  • Bannock County (unincorporated)24% (539 units)
  • Inkom1.2% (27 units)
  • Downey0.7% (15 units)
  • McCammon0.5% (11 units)
  • Arimo0.2% (5 units)
  • Lava Hot Springs0.2% (5 units)

Share of the units authorized in the metro area, 2021–2025.

Boom, bust and since

Pocatello authorized the most units in 2020 (763); 2025 reached 78% of that. Its peak year is shared by 6 other metro areas, among them San Angelo, Sioux City, Logan. The 2021–2025 pace of 455 units a year is 28% below the 2004–2006 pace. From 2024 to 2025 the count rose 83%.

Relative to population

With 91,591 residents in July 2025, Pocatello authorized 5.0 units per 1,000 residents a year in 2021–2025, close to the national 4.7. The metro areas with the nearest rates are Burlington, VT (5.0) and Goldsboro (5.0).

Similar in size

Metro area2004–20252025 unitsPer 1,000 a year5+ share
Fairbanks-College, AK310.324%
Hinesville, GA6308.61.9%
Pocatello, ID5925.011%
Grants Pass, OR2933.114%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV991.16.5%

Rates and shares: 2021–2025.

Put Pocatello beside Hinesville

Every yearly figure behind the chart, split by building size: yearly-units.csv. State view: Idaho. Counting rules.