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Marion County Unincorporated Area

Marion County · Ocala, FL · Florida

Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Marion County index 1978–2025
FHFA house price index for Marion County, which contains Marion County Unincorporated Area, 1978 to 2025Recession 1980Recession 1981–82Recession 1990–91Recession 2001Recession 2007–09Recession 2020020040060080019801990200020102020United States2025: 577
Marion County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Marion County's FHFA index, with the national index rebased to the same start.

Census Bureau notes: building permit figures cover new privately owned housing units authorised by permit-issuing places; permits do not mean the units were started or completed, and places that report less often than monthly are imputed in monthly totals. FHFA notes: The FHFA HPI is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. The FHFA HPI is a weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same properties.

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Marion County Unincorporated Area, Florida, covered 4,979 housing units (−10.9% year on year); the place lies in Marion County.

4,867 of those units were single-family houses (98%), 112 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 0 in buildings of five or more units.

Since 1995 the place has authorised 88,417 units, with the busiest year 2006 (6,137 units). Marion County's FHFA house price index rose +132.4% over the ten years to 2025.

4,979units permitted, 12 months to August 2026−10.9% on the previous 12 months
4,867single-family units98% of the total
0units in 5+ unit buildings0% of the total
—units per 1,000 residentsMarion County 12.5 · Florida 6.7

Permits by month and structure type

Housing units authorised in Marion County Unincorporated Area by month, latest 24 months0200400600Sep 2024: 541 units (537 single-family, 4 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2024Oct 2024: 443 units (431 single-family, 12 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2024: 326 units (316 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024: 381 units (371 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024Jan 2025: 585 units (561 single-family, 24 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2025: 573 units (547 single-family, 26 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025: 542 units (536 single-family, 6 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025Apr 2025: 428 units (416 single-family, 12 in multi-unit buildings)May 2025: 459 units (449 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025: 483 units (477 single-family, 6 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025Jul 2025: 399 units (389 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2025: 431 units (421 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025: 357 units (345 single-family, 12 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025Oct 2025: 435 units (413 single-family, 22 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2025: 130 units (128 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025: 357 units (349 single-family, 8 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025Jan 2026: 438 units (422 single-family, 16 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2026: 537 units (519 single-family, 18 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026: 585 units (585 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026Apr 2026: 561 units (561 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)May 2026: 464 units (460 single-family, 4 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026: 403 units (401 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026Jul 2026: 361 units (353 single-family, 8 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2026: 351 units (331 single-family, 20 in multi-unit buildings)

Housing units authorised in Marion County Unincorporated Area by month, latest 24 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings

Units, 12 months to August 2026Marion County Unincorporated AreaMarion CountyFloridaUnited States
All housing units4,9795,546158,3701,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)4,867 (98%)5,368 (97%)108,676 (69%)888,241 (63%)
2 units1121262,20834,814
3–4 units0093817,298
5 or more units0 (0%)52 (1%)46,548 (29%)477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents—12.56.74.1
Change on previous 12 months−10.9%−12.8%−7.4%−0.1%

Permits by year since 1995

Housing units authorised in Marion County Unincorporated Area by year, 1995–202505,00010,0001995: 1,830 units (1,812 single-family, 18 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 2,205 units (2,112 single-family, 93 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 2,331 units (2,284 single-family, 47 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 2,530 units (2,479 single-family, 51 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 2,455 units (2,422 single-family, 33 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 2,198 units (2,177 single-family, 21 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 2,956 units (2,926 single-family, 30 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 5,262 units (5,205 single-family, 57 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 5,709 units (5,579 single-family, 130 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 4,950 units (4,792 single-family, 158 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 5,784 units (5,619 single-family, 165 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 6,137 units (6,065 single-family, 72 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 2,294 units (2,185 single-family, 109 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 952 units (932 single-family, 20 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 342 units (318 single-family, 24 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 397 units (397 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 327 units (322 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 360 units (356 single-family, 4 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 507 units (498 single-family, 9 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 644 units (603 single-family, 41 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 921 units (921 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 1,291 units (1,285 single-family, 6 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 1,674 units (1,674 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 2,538 units (2,447 single-family, 91 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 2,097 units (2,079 single-family, 18 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 3,536 units (3,536 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 5,396 units (5,396 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 5,010 units (5,006 single-family, 4 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 4,821 units (4,751 single-family, 70 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 5,784 units (5,666 single-family, 118 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 5,179 units (5,031 single-family, 148 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Marion County Unincorporated Area by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings

88,417 units since 1995; the busiest year was 2006. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.

Home prices in Marion County

FHFA's index for Marion County rose +132.4% over the ten years to 2025 (+8.8% a year) and +0.8% in the latest year, against +126.8% and −0.5% for Florida. Full county page: decade table, peak-to-low declines, every ZIP code and every permit-issuing place in the county.

Questions and answers

How many homes are being built in Marion County Unincorporated Area, FL?

4,979 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 5,591 in the previous 12 months.

What kind of housing is being permitted in Marion County Unincorporated Area?

4,867 single-family units, 112 in two-unit buildings, 0 in three- and four-unit buildings and 0 in buildings of five or more units.

How does Marion County Unincorporated Area compare with its county and state?

No population estimate is attached to this permit-issuing area, so a per-resident rate is not shown; Marion County runs at 12.5 units per 1,000 residents and Florida at 6.7.

How have home prices moved in Marion County?

FHFA's index for Marion County rose +132.4% over the ten years to 2025 and +0.8% in the latest year; the county page has the full series.

What does a permit count?

A housing unit authorised by a building permit for new privately owned residential construction, as reported to the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey by the permit-issuing office. Permits are not completions; some permitted units are never built, and places that report only annually are imputed in monthly figures.

Provenance

Permits: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place-level monthly and annual files through August 2026 (permit office 533000); county and state comparisons from the county and state files. Population: Census Bureau vintage 2025 estimates for incorporated places, matched on FIPS place code where the permit office is one. House price index: Federal Housing Finance Agency. Public domain. Corrections · Building Permits Survey.