Home Value Trail

Stearns County Part Unincorporated Area, MN home price history and building permits

Stearns CountySt. Cloud, MNMinnesota

  • Price trail: Stearns 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 Stearns County, the county of Stearns County Part Unincorporated Area. The FHFA annual house price index for Stearns County increased by 75.8% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Stearns County Part Unincorporated Area authorized 112 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 Stearns County, the county of Stearns County Part Unincorporated Area.

+75.8%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Stearns County increased by 75.8%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +5.8%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Stearns County+75.8%
St. Cloud, MN+76.2%
Minnesota+71.4%
United States+85.0%
Stearns County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1977
  • Stearns County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Stearns County, not of Stearns County Part Unincorporated Area. The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city.

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Stearns County, 1977 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025569.34+2.2%
2024557.11+4.2%
2023534.45+7.3%
2022497.94+13.6%
2021438.21+10.3%
2020397.40+2.4%
2019388.15+4.4%
2018371.80+5.2%
2017353.46+5.3%
2016335.60+3.6%
2015323.81+2.7%
2014315.44+3.6%
2013304.39+0.9%
2012301.60−2.4%
2011309.03−4.2%
2010322.68−5.1%
2009339.98−4.2%
2008354.93−3.8%
2007369.06−0.6%
2006371.30+4.1%
2005356.62+8.1%
2004329.93+8.4%
2003304.38+5.0%
2002290.01+7.5%
2001269.78+7.6%
2000250.80+9.3%
1999229.44+5.7%
1998217.14+3.6%
1997209.61+5.0%
1996199.66+5.4%
1995189.50+4.8%
1994180.76+4.6%
1993172.76+3.3%
1992167.22+2.8%
1991162.72+2.1%
1990159.32+3.6%
1989153.71+2.9%
1988149.32+2.9%
1987145.08+3.8%
1986139.83+1.3%
1985138.07−1.1%
1984139.64+15.3%
1983121.10−11.9%
1982137.41+7.4%
1981127.91+1.4%
1980126.13+2.7%
1979122.87+13.5%
1978108.26+8.3%
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 Stearns 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: Stearns 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
Stearns County+2.2%+43.3%+75.8%+59.6%+127.0%+5.8%
St. Cloud, MN+2.4%+43.0%+76.2%+59.6%+126.5%+5.8%
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 Stearns County Part Unincorporated Area. The first row is the index of Stearns County.

Building permits in Stearns County Part Unincorporated Area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Stearns County Part Unincorporated Area authorized 112 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 102 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 Stearns County Part Unincorporated Area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 202612120
Jul 202623176
Jun 202610100
May 202612120
Apr 202610100
Mar 202610100
Feb 2026330
Jan 2026550
Dec 2025440
Nov 2025844
Oct 2025550
Sep 202510100
Aug 202520200
Jul 2025660
Jun 2025880
May 2025550
Apr 202515150
Mar 2025990
Feb 2025770
Jan 2025110
Dec 2024550
Nov 2024550
Oct 2024990
Sep 202412120
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureStearns County Part Unincorporated AreaStearns CountyMinnesotaUnited States
All units11250022,1581,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit102 (91%)343 (69%)12,841 (58%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units101631234,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units0320117,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)138 (28%)8,804 (40%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a3.03.84.1
Change from the 12 months before+9.8%−32.6%+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 Stearns County Part Unincorporated Area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202598944
20241011010
202382820
202295950
20211041040
20201131130
20191201173
20181041040
20171151150
20161181180
201580800
201488880
201389890
201289890
201146460
201093930
200960600
20081001000
20071511510
20061951950
20052202200
20042402400
20033173170
20023003000
2001000
2000000
1999000
1998000
1997000
1996000
1995000

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

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 719500. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Stearns 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 Stearns County Part Unincorporated Area?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 102 units are in buildings with one unit. 10 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 102 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 112 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count increased by 9.8% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Stearns County Part Unincorporated Area authorized 3,118 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2003, with 317.