Home Value Trail

Dauphin Island town, AL home price history and building permits

Mobile CountyMobile, ALAlabama

  • Price trail: Mobile County
  • FHFA annual index 1975 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Permits through

The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city. The line on this page is the index of Mobile County, the county of Dauphin Island town. The FHFA annual house price index for Mobile County increased by 79.4% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Dauphin Island town authorized 34 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026.

2015

The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city. These figures are for the index of Mobile County, the county of Dauphin Island town.

+79.4%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Mobile County increased by 79.4%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.0%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Mobile County+79.4%
Mobile, AL+79.4%
Alabama+77.2%
United States+85.0%
Mobile County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1975
  • Mobile County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Mobile County, not of Dauphin Island town. The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city.

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Mobile County, 1975 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025662.69+2.2%
2024648.38+2.7%
2023631.26+8.8%
2022580.30+14.5%
2021506.76+12.8%
2020449.13+4.7%
2019429.00+4.6%
2018410.16+5.4%
2017389.17+3.3%
2016376.69+2.0%
2015369.34+3.1%
2014358.34+1.8%
2013352.15−1.3%
2012356.67−4.0%
2011371.42−6.0%
2010395.24−7.2%
2009426.02−2.9%
2008438.82+1.3%
2007433.17+7.1%
2006404.51+14.8%
2005352.25+6.4%
2004331.13+1.7%
2003325.75+2.5%
2002317.89+1.5%
2001313.08+5.3%
2000297.30+3.3%
1999287.86+3.8%
1998277.31+4.0%
1997266.55+5.0%
1996253.91+3.2%
1995246.00+5.4%
1994233.47+2.9%
1993226.95+4.4%
1992217.43+3.6%
1991209.79+3.4%
1990202.83+1.9%
1989199.06−2.6%
1988204.38+1.7%
1987200.97−1.8%
1986204.71+8.7%
1985188.36−1.8%
1984191.82+0.7%
1983190.49+4.5%
1982182.21+5.6%
1981172.62+5.9%
1980163.05+11.2%
1979146.66+6.8%
1978137.36+4.0%
1977132.13+13.3%
1976116.67+16.7%
1975100.00n/a

Each figure is the change of the FHFA annual all-transactions index, from the year that you pick to 2025. It is a change for the area. It is not the change in the value of your home, and it does not use the price that you paid.

The average for each year is a compounded annual change. The guide to values explains more.

When using the FHFA House Price Calculator, please note that it does not project the actual value of any particular house.

FHFA, about its own House Price Calculator: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index Datasets, HPI Calculator, copied on . The calculator of FHFA uses quarterly figures. For the states and the 100 largest metro areas it uses the purchase-only index. Its figures can differ from the figures here.

Since the last FHFA release

No recorded FHFA release changed a figure of Mobile County. The record of releases starts with the next FHFA release. FHFA releases recorded by this site

Same span, every level

Change in the FHFA annual index to 2025: Mobile County and the areas above it
Area1 year2024 to 20255 years2020 to 202510 years2015 to 202520 years2005 to 2025Since 20002000 to 2025Each yearaverage of 10 years
Mobile County+2.2%+47.5%+79.4%+88.1%+122.9%+6.0%
Mobile, AL+2.2%+47.5%+79.4%+88.1%+122.9%+6.0%
Alabama+2.5%+47.2%+77.2%+84.0%+121.3%+5.9%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

The annual files of FHFA have no index for Dauphin Island town. The first row is the index of Mobile County.

Building permits in Dauphin Island town

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Dauphin Island town authorized 34 housing units. That is 17.6 units for each 1,000 residents. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 36 units.

Housing units authorized by month, latest 24 months
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each month
Housing units authorized by building permits in Dauphin Island town, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026220
Jul 2026110
Jun 2026110
May 2026000
Apr 2026330
Mar 2026110
Feb 2026550
Jan 202611110
Dec 2025000
Nov 2025220
Oct 2025440
Sep 2025440
Aug 2025110
Jul 2025220
Jun 2025110
May 2025660
Apr 2025844
Mar 2025440
Feb 2025220
Jan 2025110
Dec 2024110
Nov 2024330
Oct 2024660
Sep 2024110
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureDauphin Island townMobile CountyAlabamaUnited States
All units341,18721,3081,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit34 (100%)1,132 (95%)17,160 (81%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units0221234,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units0319017,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)50 (4%)3,746 (18%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residents17.62.94.14.1
Change from the 12 months before−5.6%−15.6%+13.8%−0.1%
Housing units authorized by year, 1995 to 2025
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each year
Housing units authorized by building permits in Dauphin Island town, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202535314
202436360
202349418
2022726012
202156560
202052520
201960573
201873730
201758562
201635350
201527270
201420200
201313130
2012880
201111110
201010100
2009880
200830300
200729290
2006776215
200521167144
200461547
200359590
200233330
200137370
20001052382
1999623725
199859518
1997806317
1996897019
199584822

A permit authorizes construction. It does not show that the work started or that it is complete. For a place that does not report each month, the Census Bureau imputes the monthly figures.

Agency pages

  • Building Permits SurveyUS Census BureauThe survey of housing units that building permits authorize.
  • FHFA House Price IndexFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe index page of FHFA: data, tools and the release dates.
  • FHFA HPI CalculatorFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe calculator of FHFA. It works by quarter, for a state or a metro area.

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Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Dauphin Island town, AL home price history and building permits. https://homevaluetrail.com/city/al/dauphin-island-town/. Source: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for Mobile County. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 131000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Mobile County, 1975 to 2025. Release of March 31, 2026.
County of the place
The county code of the Building Permits Survey row, and the Census Bureau 2020 place by county file.
Residents
US Census Bureau, population estimates for 2025.

All files are works of the US government, in the public domain. To report an error, see Corrections.

Questions

What kinds of buildings have permits in Dauphin Island town?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 34 units are in buildings with one unit. 0 units are in buildings with two to four units. 0 units are in buildings with five or more units.
How does the count compare with the 12 months before?
Permits authorized 36 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 34 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count decreased by 5.6% between the two periods.
How many units is that for each 1,000 residents?
Dauphin Island town has 17.6 units for each 1,000 residents. Mobile County has 2.9 units for each 1,000 residents. Alabama has 4.1 units for each 1,000 residents.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Dauphin Island town authorized 1,639 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2005, with 211.