Home Value Trail

Elizabethtown, KY home price history and building permits

Hardin CountyElizabethtown, KYKentucky

  • Price trail: Hardin 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 Hardin County, the county of Elizabethtown. The FHFA annual house price index for Hardin County increased by 89.9% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Elizabethtown authorized 157 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 Hardin County, the county of Elizabethtown.

+89.9%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Hardin County increased by 89.9%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.6%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Hardin County+89.9%
Elizabethtown, KY+91.8%
Kentucky+84.1%
United States+85.0%
Hardin County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1985
  • Hardin County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Hardin County, not of Elizabethtown. The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city.

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Hardin County, 1985 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025454.23+4.7%
2024433.92+5.6%
2023410.80+10.4%
2022371.99+15.7%
2021321.54+13.7%
2020282.75+2.9%
2019274.83+4.2%
2018263.80+4.8%
2017251.64+3.8%
2016242.44+1.4%
2015239.17+1.0%
2014236.79+0.4%
2013235.94−2.3%
2012241.46+0.3%
2011240.71−0.2%
2010241.31+2.1%
2009236.25−2.6%
2008242.50+0.7%
2007240.75+2.4%
2006235.20+7.0%
2005219.79+5.9%
2004207.59+5.4%
2003196.95+2.7%
2002191.80+3.7%
2001184.94+6.1%
2000174.24+2.4%
1999170.16+3.1%
1998165.03+4.2%
1997158.40+4.3%
1996151.84+4.3%
1995145.62+6.0%
1994137.38+3.9%
1993132.16+3.7%
1992127.43+2.4%
1991124.48+2.7%
1990121.17−0.9%
1989122.31+4.4%
1988117.19+4.3%
1987112.34+6.4%
1986105.54+5.5%
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 Hardin 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: Hardin 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
Hardin County+4.7%+60.6%+89.9%+106.7%+160.7%+6.6%
Elizabethtown, KY+5.2%+61.6%+91.8%+109.0%+162.8%+6.7%
Kentucky+3.9%+50.0%+84.1%+96.6%+136.1%+6.3%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

The annual files of FHFA have no index for Elizabethtown. The first row is the index of Hardin County.

Building permits in Elizabethtown

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Elizabethtown authorized 157 housing units. That is 4.4 units for each 1,000 residents. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 147 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 Elizabethtown, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 202620200
Jul 20261082
Jun 20261192
May 202623230
Apr 202615105
Mar 202615150
Feb 202610100
Jan 202614140
Dec 202512120
Nov 20251082
Oct 2025330
Sep 202514410
Aug 202514140
Jul 2025550
Jun 2025312
May 202520146
Apr 20251082
Mar 202517134
Feb 202510100
Jan 2025660
Dec 2024532
Nov 202431922
Oct 2024660
Sep 2024201010
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureElizabethtownHardin CountyKentuckyUnited States
All units15747113,4101,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit136 (87%)416 (88%)8,580 (64%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units182450434,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units3331017,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)28 (6%)4,016 (30%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residents4.44.22.94.1
Change from the 12 months before+6.8%+1.9%−7.1%−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 Elizabethtown, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
20251249826
2024660134526
20231,1871731,014
2022752130622
20211057926
202031083227
2019815526
20181087038
20171457570
20161295673
2015574314
201418660126
20131347658
201224444200
201133353280
2010396155241
20091176453
200824775172
2007369113256
2006362162200
2005286181105
2004312181131
2003222118104
2002246109137
2001275151124
200014212418
199925218666
1998338125213
1997319142177
199619313756
1995255119136

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. Elizabethtown, KY home price history and building permits. https://homevaluetrail.com/city/ky/elizabethtown/. Source: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for Hardin County. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 147000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Hardin 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 Elizabethtown?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 136 units are in buildings with one unit. 21 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 147 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 157 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count increased by 6.8% between the two periods.
How many units is that for each 1,000 residents?
Elizabethtown has 4.4 units for each 1,000 residents. Hardin County has 4.2 units for each 1,000 residents. Kentucky has 2.9 units for each 1,000 residents.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Elizabethtown authorized 8,886 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2023, with 1,187.