Home Value Trail

El Dorado County Unincorporated Area, CA home price history and building permits

El Dorado CountySacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CACalifornia

  • Price trail: El Dorado 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 El Dorado County, the county of El Dorado County Unincorporated Area. The FHFA annual house price index for El Dorado County increased by 69.5% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in El Dorado County Unincorporated Area authorized 424 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 El Dorado County, the county of El Dorado County Unincorporated Area.

+69.5%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for El Dorado County increased by 69.5%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +5.4%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
El Dorado County+69.5%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA+82.9%
California+80.3%
United States+85.0%
El Dorado County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1975
  • El Dorado County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of El Dorado County, not of El Dorado County Unincorporated Area. The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city.

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for El Dorado County, 1975 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
20251,262.01+0.4%
20241,256.40+1.9%
20231,232.86−1.0%
20221,245.39+12.9%
20211,103.38+15.2%
2020958.03+2.2%
2019937.31+2.6%
2018913.73+5.8%
2017863.30+7.4%
2016803.70+7.9%
2015744.59+5.5%
2014706.06+12.9%
2013625.24+12.0%
2012558.25−0.4%
2011560.45−7.5%
2010606.06−11.3%
2009683.63−15.4%
2008808.25−12.9%
2007928.21−6.1%
2006988.05+5.5%
2005936.12+25.1%
2004748.55+17.2%
2003638.62+8.7%
2002587.67+11.1%
2001529.00+15.0%
2000460.17+15.2%
1999399.36+4.7%
1998381.29+4.1%
1997366.30+0.9%
1996362.87+0.2%
1995362.14−0.8%
1994365.09−1.2%
1993369.64−2.4%
1992378.75−1.4%
1991384.03+6.0%
1990362.22+18.6%
1989305.48+14.5%
1988266.89+9.6%
1987243.45+4.4%
1986233.21+4.3%
1985223.57+3.7%
1984215.67−0.4%
1983216.50+1.6%
1982213.06−4.9%
1981224.13+9.9%
1980203.95+12.2%
1979181.81+15.6%
1978157.33+26.3%
1977124.54+16.4%
1976106.99+7.0%
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 El Dorado 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: El Dorado 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
El Dorado County+0.4%+31.7%+69.5%+34.8%+174.2%+5.4%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA+0.5%+35.2%+82.9%+40.9%+203.8%+6.2%
California+0.8%+39.8%+80.3%+56.4%+224.1%+6.1%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

The annual files of FHFA have no index for El Dorado County Unincorporated Area. The first row is the index of El Dorado County.

Building permits in El Dorado County Unincorporated Area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in El Dorado County Unincorporated Area authorized 424 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 357 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 El Dorado County Unincorporated Area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 202634340
Jul 202641410
Jun 202640400
May 202665650
Apr 202655550
Mar 202656560
Feb 202633330
Jan 202623230
Dec 202526260
Nov 2025880
Oct 202523230
Sep 202520200
Aug 202524240
Jul 202534340
Jun 202534340
May 202530300
Apr 202522220
Mar 202510100
Feb 202510100
Jan 202571710
Dec 202417170
Nov 202421210
Oct 202430300
Sep 202454540
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureEl Dorado County Unincorporated AreaEl Dorado CountyCaliforniaUnited States
All units424491111,5381,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit424 (100%)457 (93%)55,792 (50%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units004,17234,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units001,19317,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)34 (7%)50,381 (45%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a2.62.84.1
Change from the 12 months before+18.8%+13.4%+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 El Dorado County Unincorporated Area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
20253123120
20244204200
20235235230
20224934930
20216496490
20205945940
20195585580
20185115110
20177537530
20166596590
20155325320
20141241240
20131811810
201220516540
20111271270
20101071052
20091131130
2008390250140
20074824820
200689387716
20051,4951,391104
20041,8981,798100
20031,7561,74610
20021,7341,564170
20011,9711,271700
20001,2891,2854
19991,2191,079140
19987757678
19979719710
19961,303999304
19958178134

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. El Dorado County Unincorporated Area, CA home price history and building permits. https://homevaluetrail.com/city/ca/el-dorado-county-unincorporated-area/. Source: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for El Dorado County. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 126000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for El Dorado 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 El Dorado County Unincorporated Area?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 424 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 357 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 424 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count increased by 18.8% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in El Dorado County Unincorporated Area authorized 23,854 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2001, with 1,971.