Home Value Trail

Dickinson County Unincorporated Area, IA home price history and building permits

Dickinson CountySpirit Lake, IAIowa

  • Price trail: Dickinson County
  • FHFA annual index 1991 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 Dickinson County, the county of Dickinson County Unincorporated Area. The FHFA annual house price index for Dickinson County increased by 86.1% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Dickinson County Unincorporated Area authorized 27 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 Dickinson County, the county of Dickinson County Unincorporated Area.

+86.1%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Dickinson County increased by 86.1%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.4%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Dickinson County+86.1%
Spirit Lake, IA+86.1%
Iowa+65.4%
United States+85.0%
Dickinson County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1991
  • Dickinson County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Dickinson County, not of Dickinson 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 Dickinson County, 1991 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025488.33+6.7%
2024457.71+7.0%
2023427.86+14.2%
2022374.65+12.4%
2021333.42+9.0%
2020305.87+1.2%
2019302.38+3.1%
2018293.32+2.8%
2017285.32+3.0%
2016276.97+5.5%
2015262.43+2.0%
2014257.24+5.5%
2013243.73+3.0%
2012236.61+1.2%
2011233.85+1.6%
2010230.07−2.0%
2009234.88−1.1%
2008237.49+0.7%
2007235.75+0.7%
2006234.18+7.6%
2005217.74+11.2%
2004195.81+7.8%
2003181.65+2.1%
2002177.83+4.1%
2001170.77+6.1%
2000160.91+12.3%
1999143.28+4.3%
1998137.33+0.5%
1997136.71+5.1%
1996130.09+5.9%
1995122.82+3.4%
1994118.74+12.9%
1993105.13+9.5%
199296.05−3.9%
1991100.00n/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 Dickinson 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: Dickinson 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
Dickinson County+6.7%+59.7%+86.1%+124.3%+203.5%+6.4%
Spirit Lake, IA+6.7%+59.7%+86.1%+124.3%+203.5%+6.4%
Iowa+3.2%+41.4%+65.4%+82.3%+119.4%+5.2%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

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

Building permits in Dickinson County Unincorporated Area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Dickinson County Unincorporated Area authorized 27 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 134 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 Dickinson County Unincorporated Area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026330
Jul 2026000
Jun 2026550
May 2026110
Apr 2026550
Mar 2026330
Feb 2026110
Jan 2026000
Dec 2025000
Nov 2025220
Oct 2025440
Sep 2025330
Aug 2025110
Jul 2025000
Jun 2025220
May 202520200
Apr 2025660
Mar 202517170
Feb 202511110
Jan 202510100
Dec 202413130
Nov 202415150
Oct 202420200
Sep 202419190
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureDickinson County Unincorporated AreaDickinson CountyIowaUnited States
All units2710612,9331,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit27 (100%)100 (94%)7,399 (57%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units0646234,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units0032217,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)0 (0%)4,750 (37%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a5.94.04.1
Change from the 12 months before−79.9%−54.3%−5.1%−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 Dickinson County Unincorporated Area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202522220
20242032030
20231841840
20221861860
20212172170
202045450
201940400
201840400
20171181180
20161081080
201523230
201417170
201324240
201226242
201111110
201017152
2009660
200817170
200727270
2006582929
20051233786
2004473314
200352484
200256506
200169636
200045396
199959536
1998493613
199742420
199642420
199535350

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

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 181600. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Dickinson County, 1991 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 Dickinson County Unincorporated Area?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 27 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 134 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 27 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count decreased by 79.9% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Dickinson County Unincorporated Area authorized 2,008 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2021, with 217.