Home Value Trail

Paducah, KY home price history and building permits

McCracken CountyPaducah, KY-ILKentucky

  • Price trail: McCracken County
  • FHFA annual index 1977 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 McCracken County, the county of Paducah. The FHFA annual house price index for McCracken County increased by 63.5% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Paducah authorized 49 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 McCracken County, the county of Paducah.

+63.5%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for McCracken County increased by 63.5%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +5.0%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
McCracken County+63.5%
Paducah, KY-IL+62.9%
Kentucky+84.1%
United States+85.0%
McCracken County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1977
  • McCracken County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

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

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for McCracken County, 1977 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025499.66+3.7%
2024482.03+3.4%
2023466.09+7.4%
2022433.94+15.1%
2021376.93+9.6%
2020343.77+3.2%
2019333.09+1.7%
2018327.52+4.1%
2017314.69+1.1%
2016311.18+1.8%
2015305.64+1.9%
2014300.01+0.2%
2013299.55+0.2%
2012298.87−0.1%
2011299.09−0.7%
2010301.23−0.2%
2009301.880.0%
2008301.81+1.1%
2007298.44+5.5%
2006282.77+4.2%
2005271.29+5.1%
2004258.22+3.8%
2003248.86+2.6%
2002242.49+1.7%
2001238.52+4.4%
2000228.51+1.5%
1999225.16+1.0%
1998222.99+1.5%
1997219.66+3.8%
1996211.71+2.8%
1995205.88+7.4%
1994191.70+6.9%
1993179.27+3.5%
1992173.25+2.6%
1991168.93+3.5%
1990163.16+3.0%
1989158.39+4.1%
1988152.11+5.4%
1987144.29+5.6%
1986136.63+1.6%
1985134.48n/a
1980143.23+11.0%
1979129.01+6.6%
1978121.06+21.1%
1977100.00n/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 McCracken 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: McCracken 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
McCracken County+3.7%+45.3%+63.5%+84.2%+118.7%+5.0%
Paducah, KY-IL+2.9%+44.9%+62.9%+83.1%+115.6%+5.0%
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 Paducah. The first row is the index of McCracken County.

Building permits in Paducah

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Paducah authorized 49 housing units. That is 1.8 units for each 1,000 residents. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 141 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 Paducah, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026220
Jul 2026000
Jun 2026110
May 2026220
Apr 202611011
Mar 2026808
Feb 2026000
Jan 2026808
Dec 2025000
Nov 2025000
Oct 2025110
Sep 202516016
Aug 2025110
Jul 2025110
Jun 202536135
May 2025220
Apr 2025110
Mar 202516115
Feb 2025422
Jan 2025660
Dec 202436036
Nov 202436036
Oct 2024110
Sep 2024110
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigurePaducahMcCracken CountyKentuckyUnited States
All units4914413,4101,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit6 (12%)89 (62%)8,580 (64%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units21450434,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units353531017,298
In buildings with 5 or more units6 (12%)6 (4%)4,016 (30%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residents1.82.12.94.1
Change from the 12 months before−65.2%−33.6%−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 Paducah, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
2025841668
2024921874
2023311021
2022461036
2021531538
202024186
2019451926
2018412912
2017332310
2016592930
201532528297
2014921676
2013552134
2012532132
2011863650
2010673532
200919154
2008332310
200754540
2006614120
200514012812
200421118526
200344440
200272666
200138344
200039372
1999703535
19981026933
199760528
19961515596
19951354788

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

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 400000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for McCracken County, 1977 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 Paducah?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 6 units are in buildings with one unit. 37 units are in buildings with two to four units. 6 units are in buildings with five or more units.
How does the count compare with the 12 months before?
Permits authorized 141 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 49 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count decreased by 65.2% between the two periods.
How many units is that for each 1,000 residents?
Paducah has 1.8 units for each 1,000 residents. McCracken County has 2.1 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 Paducah authorized 2,415 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2015, with 325.