Home Value Trail

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

Lake CountyChicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INIndiana

  • Price trail: Lake County
  • FHFA annual index 1975 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 Lake County, the county of Lake County Unincorporated Area. The FHFA annual house price index for Lake County increased by 82.3% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Lake County Unincorporated Area authorized 26 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 Lake County, the county of Lake County Unincorporated Area.

+82.3%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Lake County increased by 82.3%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.2%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Lake County+82.3%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN+68.3%
Indiana+94.5%
United States+85.0%
Lake County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1975
  • Lake County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Lake County, not of Lake 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 Lake County, 1975 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025784.42+3.2%
2024760.45+4.7%
2023726.51+6.9%
2022679.72+14.3%
2021594.83+12.0%
2020531.25+3.7%
2019512.33+5.5%
2018485.78+5.9%
2017458.86+4.0%
2016441.27+2.6%
2015430.29+2.2%
2014421.10+3.0%
2013408.82+1.0%
2012404.97−1.5%
2011411.24−3.3%
2010425.32−2.2%
2009434.96−4.8%
2008457.04−0.3%
2007458.64+2.6%
2006447.13+4.5%
2005427.68+5.8%
2004404.08+4.1%
2003387.98+1.8%
2002381.05+2.9%
2001370.31+4.2%
2000355.44+3.1%
1999344.76+1.9%
1998338.33+2.7%
1997329.59+2.6%
1996321.17+3.6%
1995310.01+4.3%
1994297.28+4.4%
1993284.83+5.5%
1992270.02+3.9%
1991259.86+6.3%
1990244.56+6.9%
1989228.78+10.1%
1988207.82+7.3%
1987193.67+2.6%
1986188.74+1.9%
1985185.24+1.9%
1984181.83−2.9%
1983187.32−1.5%
1982190.16−0.5%
1981191.20+3.5%
1980184.69+3.3%
1979178.79+15.9%
1978154.27+14.4%
1977134.81+15.4%
1976116.85+16.8%
1975100.00n/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 Lake 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: Lake 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
Lake County+3.2%+47.7%+82.3%+83.4%+120.7%+6.2%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN+5.6%+47.2%+68.3%+43.1%+101.1%+5.3%
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 Lake County Unincorporated Area. The first row is the index of Lake County.

Building permits in Lake County Unincorporated Area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Lake County Unincorporated Area authorized 26 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 55 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 Lake County Unincorporated Area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026220
Jul 2026220
Jun 2026330
May 2026220
Apr 2026440
Mar 2026330
Feb 2026000
Jan 2026220
Dec 2025330
Nov 2025220
Oct 2025220
Sep 2025110
Aug 2025770
Jul 2025440
Jun 2025550
May 2025550
Apr 2025550
Mar 2025440
Feb 2025330
Jan 2025440
Dec 2024440
Nov 2024440
Oct 2024550
Sep 2024550
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureLake County Unincorporated AreaLake CountyIndianaUnited States
All units261,29727,6721,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit26 (100%)1,242 (96%)20,168 (73%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units0258634,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units0014017,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)53 (4%)6,778 (24%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a2.64.04.1
Change from the 12 months before−52.7%−7.6%−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 Lake County Unincorporated Area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202526260
202452520
202347470
202250500
202191910
202094940
20191101100
201897970
20171061060
201687870
201556560
201483830
201362620
201244440
201141410
201048480
200951510
200875750
20071411392
200622521510
200534431232
200443241418
200340037723
200229625838
200130621690
200030423569
199930621096
199819217121
199722420222
19963173089
19953313238

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

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 393000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Lake County, 1975 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 Lake County Unincorporated Area?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 26 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 55 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 26 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count decreased by 52.7% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Lake County Unincorporated Area authorized 5,038 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2004, with 432.