Home Value Trail

DeKalb County Unincorporated Area, IN home price history and building permits

DeKalb CountyAuburn, INIndiana

  • Price trail: DeKalb County
  • FHFA annual index 1985 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 DeKalb County, the county of DeKalb County Unincorporated Area. The FHFA annual house price index for DeKalb County increased by 99.1% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in DeKalb County Unincorporated Area authorized 62 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 DeKalb County, the county of DeKalb County Unincorporated Area.

+99.1%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for DeKalb County increased by 99.1%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +7.1%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
DeKalb County+99.1%
Auburn, IN+99.1%
Indiana+94.5%
United States+85.0%
DeKalb County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1985
  • DeKalb County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of DeKalb County, not of DeKalb 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 DeKalb County, 1985 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025450.51+6.4%
2024423.44+2.5%
2023413.11+13.4%
2022364.31+13.8%
2021320.10+11.5%
2020287.11+4.4%
2019274.95+4.6%
2018262.93+6.9%
2017245.97+4.8%
2016234.81+3.8%
2015226.31+3.7%
2014218.14+4.3%
2013209.15+1.3%
2012206.51+0.2%
2011206.060.0%
2010206.15−4.5%
2009215.94−3.0%
2008222.54−1.3%
2007225.37−0.9%
2006227.53+0.3%
2005226.92+4.5%
2004217.06+1.3%
2003214.26+1.0%
2002212.17+1.2%
2001209.64+2.4%
2000204.79+5.7%
1999193.73+3.3%
1998187.51+5.4%
1997177.93+4.7%
1996169.89+4.1%
1995163.24+6.1%
1994153.84+7.8%
1993142.67+2.6%
1992139.03+3.0%
1991135.04+5.9%
1990127.53−1.3%
1989129.16−0.3%
1988129.56+10.6%
1987117.19+1.8%
1986115.11+15.1%
1985100.00n/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 DeKalb 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: DeKalb 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
DeKalb County+6.4%+56.9%+99.1%+98.5%+120.0%+7.1%
Auburn, IN+6.4%+56.9%+99.1%+98.5%+120.0%+7.1%
Indiana+4.3%+53.4%+94.5%+98.0%+126.2%+6.9%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

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

Building permits in DeKalb County Unincorporated Area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in DeKalb County Unincorporated Area authorized 62 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 54 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 DeKalb County Unincorporated Area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026440
Jul 2026440
Jun 2026770
May 202611110
Apr 2026550
Mar 2026660
Feb 2026440
Jan 2026110
Dec 2025990
Nov 2025550
Oct 2025550
Sep 2025110
Aug 2025440
Jul 202511110
Jun 2025660
May 2025440
Apr 2025660
Mar 2025110
Feb 2025330
Jan 2025660
Dec 2024220
Nov 2024550
Oct 2024550
Sep 2024110
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureDeKalb County Unincorporated AreaDeKalb CountyIndianaUnited States
All units6210427,6721,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit62 (100%)104 (100%)20,168 (73%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units0058634,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units0014017,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)0 (0%)6,778 (24%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a2.34.04.1
Change from the 12 months before+14.8%−10.3%−7.2%−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 DeKalb County Unincorporated Area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202560600
202456560
202366660
20221151132
202183830
202078780
201979790
201869690
201759590
201664640
201556560
201454540
201346460
201245450
201133330
201038380
200930300
200850500
200776760
20061041040
20051411410
20041631630
20031741740
20021361360
20011351350
20001371370
19991401400
19981451450
19971261260
19961451450
199599990

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

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 166000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for DeKalb County, 1985 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 DeKalb County Unincorporated Area?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 62 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 54 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 62 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count increased by 14.8% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in DeKalb County Unincorporated Area authorized 2,802 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2003, with 174.