Home Value Trail

Garfield County Unincorporated Area, CO home price history and building permits

Garfield CountyRifle, COColorado

  • Price trail: Garfield County
  • FHFA annual index 1977 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 Garfield County, the county of Garfield County Unincorporated Area. The FHFA annual house price index for Garfield County increased by 113.6% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Garfield County Unincorporated Area authorized 69 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 Garfield County, the county of Garfield County Unincorporated Area.

+113.6%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Garfield County increased by 113.6%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +7.9%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Garfield County+113.6%
Rifle, CO+113.7%
Colorado+93.3%
United States+85.0%
Garfield County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1977
  • Garfield County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Garfield County, not of Garfield 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 Garfield County, 1977 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
20251,333.46+4.9%
20241,271.14+5.0%
20231,210.39+11.3%
20221,087.12+18.0%
2021921.67+12.5%
2020819.05+4.3%
2019785.31+4.0%
2018755.25+6.0%
2017712.79+7.0%
2016666.27+6.7%
2015624.30+9.5%
2014569.98+11.4%
2013511.83+2.9%
2012497.55−9.9%
2011552.26−13.7%
2010640.12−13.5%
2009740.10−6.4%
2008790.66+3.8%
2007761.44+17.7%
2006646.97+14.7%
2005564.20+8.7%
2004519.04+3.6%
2003500.91+1.0%
2002496.09+4.4%
2001475.26+7.6%
2000441.57+11.6%
1999395.77+7.8%
1998367.07+4.8%
1997350.41+5.1%
1996333.36+4.1%
1995320.23+17.9%
1994271.50+17.3%
1993231.42+9.7%
1992210.91+4.0%
1991202.80+2.3%
1990198.21+9.7%
1989180.76+15.1%
1988157.02+5.7%
1987148.50−3.0%
1986153.07+6.1%
1985144.27−10.2%
1984160.64−14.9%
1983188.75−8.3%
1982205.92−11.8%
1981233.36+27.4%
1980183.11+29.0%
1979141.90+19.1%
1978119.14+19.1%
1977100.00n/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 Garfield 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: Garfield 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
Garfield County+4.9%+62.8%+113.6%+136.3%+202.0%+7.9%
Rifle, CO+4.1%+62.4%+113.7%+136.0%+201.8%+7.9%
Colorado+0.1%+37.8%+93.3%+131.2%+184.6%+6.8%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

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

Building permits in Garfield County Unincorporated Area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Garfield County Unincorporated Area authorized 69 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 77 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 Garfield County Unincorporated Area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026440
Jul 2026880
Jun 2026440
May 2026440
Apr 2026660
Mar 2026330
Feb 2026000
Jan 2026660
Dec 202511110
Nov 2025660
Oct 2025880
Sep 2025990
Aug 202512120
Jul 2025990
Jun 2025330
May 2025770
Apr 2025770
Mar 2025880
Feb 2025660
Jan 2025770
Dec 2024330
Nov 2024550
Oct 2024550
Sep 2024550
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureGarfield County Unincorporated AreaGarfield CountyColoradoUnited States
All units6918033,0931,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit69 (100%)136 (76%)17,401 (53%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units0444834,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units0030917,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)40 (22%)14,935 (45%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a2.85.54.1
Change from the 12 months before−10.4%+40.6%+1.5%−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 Garfield County Unincorporated Area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202593930
202461610
202373730
20221271270
20211641604
202084840
20191489256
201874740
201781810
201676760
201579790
201439390
201336315
201222220
201123230
201028280
200953530
20081551550
20072762760
20062892890
20052232230
20041681662
20031181144
20021561524
20011611592
20001931903
199916415212
199815814414
199718514342
199619016426
19951411356

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

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 253000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Garfield County, 1977 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 Garfield County Unincorporated Area?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 69 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 77 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 69 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count decreased by 10.4% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Garfield County Unincorporated Area authorized 3,838 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2006, with 289.