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Allen County · Fort Wayne, IN · Indiana

Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Allen County index 1975–2025
FHFA house price index for Allen County, which contains Allen County, 1975 to 2025Recession 1973–75Recession 1980Recession 1981–82Recession 1990–91Recession 2001Recession 2007–09Recession 202005001,0001,50019801990200020102020United States2025: 801
Allen County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Allen 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 Allen County, Indiana, covered 1,535 housing units (+7.1% year on year); the place lies in Allen County.

1,361 of those units were single-family houses (89%), 4 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 170 in buildings of five or more units.

Since 1995 the place has authorised 46,412 units, with the busiest year 1999 (2,423 units). Allen County's FHFA house price index rose +124.8% over the ten years to 2025.

1,535units permitted, 12 months to August 2026+7.1% on the previous 12 months
1,361single-family units89% of the total
170units in 5+ unit buildings11% of the total
—units per 1,000 residentsAllen County 3.8 · Indiana 4.0

Permits by month and structure type

Housing units authorised in Allen County by month, latest 24 months0200400Sep 2024: 81 units (81 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2024Oct 2024: 127 units (127 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2024: 313 units (123 single-family, 190 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024: 65 units (65 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024Jan 2025: 79 units (79 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2025: 62 units (62 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025: 130 units (130 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025Apr 2025: 212 units (172 single-family, 40 in multi-unit buildings)May 2025: 93 units (93 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025: 83 units (83 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025Jul 2025: 93 units (93 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2025: 95 units (87 single-family, 8 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025: 81 units (81 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025Oct 2025: 205 units (205 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2025: 138 units (98 single-family, 40 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025: 63 units (63 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025Jan 2026: 69 units (69 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2026: 65 units (65 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026: 117 units (117 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026Apr 2026: 200 units (136 single-family, 64 in multi-unit buildings)May 2026: 122 units (122 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026: 163 units (127 single-family, 36 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026Jul 2026: 137 units (137 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2026: 175 units (141 single-family, 34 in multi-unit buildings)

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

Units, 12 months to August 2026Allen CountyAllen CountyIndianaUnited States
All housing units1,5351,53527,6721,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)1,361 (89%)1,361 (89%)20,168 (73%)888,241 (63%)
2 units0058634,814
3–4 units4414017,298
5 or more units170 (11%)170 (11%)6,778 (24%)477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents—3.84.04.1
Change on previous 12 months+7.1%+7.1%−7.2%−0.1%

Permits by year since 1995

Housing units authorised in Allen County by year, 1995–202501,0002,0003,0001995: 1,564 units (1,498 single-family, 66 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 1,643 units (1,595 single-family, 48 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 1,499 units (1,336 single-family, 163 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 2,400 units (1,742 single-family, 658 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 2,423 units (1,851 single-family, 572 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 1,564 units (1,516 single-family, 48 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 1,665 units (1,552 single-family, 113 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 2,108 units (1,634 single-family, 474 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 1,811 units (1,641 single-family, 170 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 1,695 units (1,507 single-family, 188 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 1,674 units (1,477 single-family, 197 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 948 units (936 single-family, 12 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 728 units (706 single-family, 22 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 586 units (490 single-family, 96 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 609 units (569 single-family, 40 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 713 units (697 single-family, 16 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 657 units (637 single-family, 20 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 1,152 units (616 single-family, 536 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 893 units (830 single-family, 63 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 1,115 units (757 single-family, 358 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 1,232 units (879 single-family, 353 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 1,338 units (936 single-family, 402 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 1,522 units (1,046 single-family, 476 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 1,641 units (1,155 single-family, 486 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 1,838 units (1,212 single-family, 626 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 1,694 units (1,428 single-family, 266 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 1,863 units (1,688 single-family, 175 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 2,243 units (1,365 single-family, 878 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 2,345 units (1,593 single-family, 752 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 1,861 units (1,285 single-family, 576 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 1,388 units (1,300 single-family, 88 in multi-unit buildings)2025

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

46,412 units since 1995; the busiest year was 1999. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.

Home prices in Allen County

FHFA's index for Allen County rose +124.8% over the ten years to 2025 (+8.4% a year) and +3.6% in the latest year, against +94.5% and +4.3% for Indiana. 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 Allen County, IN?

1,535 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 1,433 in the previous 12 months.

What kind of housing is being permitted in Allen County?

1,361 single-family units, 0 in two-unit buildings, 4 in three- and four-unit buildings and 170 in buildings of five or more units.

How does Allen County compare with its county and state?

No population estimate is attached to this permit-issuing area, so a per-resident rate is not shown; Allen County runs at 3.8 units per 1,000 residents and Indiana at 4.0.

How have home prices moved in Allen County?

FHFA's index for Allen County rose +124.8% over the ten years to 2025 and +3.6% 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 012500); 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.