Home Value Trail

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

Lake CountyMinnesota

  • Price trail: Lake County
  • FHFA annual index 1991 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 93.5% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Lake County Unincorporated Area authorized 76 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.

+93.5%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Lake County increased by 93.5%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.8%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Lake County+93.5%
Minnesota+71.4%
United States+85.0%
Lake County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1991
  • 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, 1991 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025478.26+4.5%
2024457.47+5.5%
2023433.62+4.4%
2022415.40+16.2%
2021357.37+18.1%
2020302.66−0.4%
2019304.01+9.6%
2018277.48+4.1%
2017266.58+7.8%
2016247.210.0%
2015247.21−0.8%
2014249.13+2.5%
2013243.16−1.5%
2012246.74+1.5%
2011243.12−3.1%
2010250.78−5.0%
2009263.90−3.8%
2008274.24−1.2%
2007277.64+2.9%
2006269.72+7.1%
2005251.94+13.9%
2004221.14+9.0%
2003202.86+6.5%
2002190.50+6.6%
2001178.69+7.5%
2000166.16+10.8%
1999149.95+7.5%
1998139.52+1.2%
1997137.87+7.9%
1996127.79+6.8%
1995119.62+8.6%
1994110.11+2.3%
1993107.66+2.8%
1992104.69+4.7%
1991100.00n/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+4.5%+58.0%+93.5%+89.8%+187.8%+6.8%
Minnesota+2.8%+36.8%+71.4%+56.0%+126.5%+5.5%
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 76 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 76 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 2026880
Jul 2026880
Jun 2026990
May 2026990
Apr 2026880
Mar 2026660
Feb 2026440
Jan 2026330
Dec 2025330
Nov 2025440
Oct 2025660
Sep 2025880
Aug 2025990
Jul 2025880
Jun 2025990
May 2025990
Apr 2025990
Mar 2025660
Feb 2025220
Jan 2025330
Dec 2024330
Nov 2024440
Oct 2024770
Sep 2024770
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureLake County Unincorporated AreaLake CountyMinnesotaUnited States
All units768022,1581,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit76 (100%)80 (100%)12,841 (58%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units0031234,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units0020117,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)0 (0%)8,804 (40%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a7.43.84.1
Change from the 12 months before0.0%+2.6%+2.8%−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
202576760
202474740
202366660
202280800
202175750
202067670
201958580
201849490
201749490
201648480
201545450
201449490
201352520
201250500
201143430
201048480
200947470
200859590
200786860
200697970
200584840
200486860
200382820
200278780
200177770
20001151150
199966660
199879790
199770700
199662620
199559590

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, MN home price history and building permits. https://homevaluetrail.com/city/mn/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 400000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Lake County, 1991 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, 76 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 76 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 76 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count did not change between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Lake County Unincorporated Area authorized 2,076 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2000, with 115.