Housing - Building permits (2016) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. County Name Single family building permits per 10,000 population Rank Single family building permits per 10,000 population Valley 1 137 Minidoka 2 103 Teton 3 100 Ada 4 88 Kootenai 5 86 Boise 6 80 Fremont 7 80 Canyon 8 70 Jefferson 9 61 Bonneville 10 59 Bear Lake 11 57 Lemhi 12 49 Camas 13 47 Twin Falls 14 45 Franklin 15 45 Boundary 16 44 Blaine 17 39 Gem 18 39 Payette 19 38 Madison 20 35 Clearwater 21 34 Jerome 22 32 Cassia 23 27 Bingham 24 25 Bannock 25 24 Adams 26 23 Latah 27 23 Elmore 28 22 Owyhee 29 22 Washington 30 22 Butte 31 20 Power 32 20 Oneida 33 18 Nez Perce 34 17 Caribou 35 16 Benewah 36 15 Bonner 37 15 Gooding 38 13 Shoshone 39 10 Lewis 40 3 Lincoln 41 2 Idaho 42 1 Custer 43 0 Clark 44 0 Source: 2016: U.S. Bureau of the Census; Building Permits Survey, (https://www.census.gov/construction/bps/); DATE LAST UPDATED: August 28, 2017