Home Value Trail

Somerset County Unincorporated Area, MD home price history and building permits

Somerset CountySalisbury, MDMaryland

  • Price trail: Somerset County
  • FHFA annual index 1992 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 Somerset County, the county of Somerset County Unincorporated Area. The FHFA annual house price index for Somerset County increased by 70.2% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Somerset County Unincorporated Area authorized 20 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 Somerset County, the county of Somerset County Unincorporated Area.

+70.2%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Somerset County increased by 70.2%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +5.5%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Somerset County+70.2%
Salisbury, MD+88.1%
Maryland+59.8%
United States+85.0%
Somerset County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1992
  • Somerset County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Somerset County, not of Somerset 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 Somerset County, 1992 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025283.90+7.6%
2024263.74+3.4%
2023254.95+4.7%
2022243.57+19.3%
2021204.24+9.5%
2020186.60+5.9%
2019176.22+3.1%
2018170.99+7.1%
2017159.71−2.5%
2016163.79−1.8%
2015166.76+0.4%
2014166.09+2.0%
2013162.82−1.6%
2012165.41−4.6%
2011173.43−8.2%
2010188.82−9.7%
2009209.10−7.5%
2008226.13−2.9%
2007232.87+2.0%
2006228.25+13.7%
2005200.81+22.9%
2004163.41+14.4%
2003142.90+5.5%
2002135.48+5.5%
2001128.41+6.6%
2000120.50+6.8%
1999112.79+4.7%
1998107.71−0.5%
1997108.29+5.3%
1996102.86−4.6%
1995107.85+11.9%
199496.40−2.0%
199398.37−1.6%
1992100.00n/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 Somerset 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: Somerset 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
Somerset County+7.6%+52.1%+70.2%+41.4%+135.6%+5.5%
Salisbury, MD+6.3%+57.4%+88.1%+57.1%+155.6%+6.5%
Maryland+2.7%+39.5%+59.8%+45.8%+168.0%+4.8%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

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

Building permits in Somerset County Unincorporated Area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Somerset County Unincorporated Area authorized 20 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 39 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 Somerset County Unincorporated Area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026110
Jul 2026330
Jun 2026110
May 2026110
Apr 2026110
Mar 2026880
Feb 2026000
Jan 2026000
Dec 2025110
Nov 2025110
Oct 2025220
Sep 2025110
Aug 2025220
Jul 2025550
Jun 2025550
May 2025770
Apr 2025000
Mar 2025000
Feb 2025330
Jan 2025220
Dec 2024660
Nov 2024440
Oct 2024440
Sep 2024110
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureSomerset County Unincorporated AreaSomerset CountyMarylandUnited States
All units202713,4001,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit20 (100%)27 (100%)8,351 (62%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units0015634,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units004317,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)0 (0%)4,850 (36%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a1.12.14.1
Change from the 12 months before−48.7%−55.0%−8.3%−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 Somerset County Unincorporated Area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202529290
202429290
202331292
202233276
202133330
202013130
201915150
201826260
201713130
201615150
201527270
20141293990
201320182
201215150
201123212
201040400
200937370
200833330
200781810
200680800
20051391390
200454540
200377770
2002473710
200126260
200012120
199952520
1998823943
199753530
199664604
199568626

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

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 625000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Somerset County, 1992 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 Somerset County Unincorporated Area?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 20 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 39 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 20 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count decreased by 48.7% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Somerset County Unincorporated Area authorized 1,396 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2005, with 139.