Home Value Trail

Tupelo, MS home price history and building permits

Lee CountyTupelo, MSMississippi

  • Price trail: Lee 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 Lee County, the county of Tupelo. The FHFA annual house price index for Lee County increased by 66.3% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Tupelo authorized 90 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 Lee County, the county of Tupelo.

+66.3%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Lee County increased by 66.3%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +5.2%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Lee County+66.3%
Tupelo, MS+68.3%
Mississippi+62.3%
United States+85.0%
Lee County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1985
  • Lee County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

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

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Lee County, 1985 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025298.08+5.7%
2024281.94+4.7%
2023269.40+3.9%
2022259.39+13.2%
2021229.06+8.8%
2020210.47+4.0%
2019202.46+3.9%
2018194.83+2.5%
2017190.08+2.8%
2016184.87+3.1%
2015179.29+2.0%
2014175.77+0.1%
2013175.51−0.1%
2012175.75+0.6%
2011174.63−1.3%
2010176.85−1.4%
2009179.37−2.2%
2008183.36+2.4%
2007179.00+3.8%
2006172.45+4.0%
2005165.81+4.5%
2004158.69+3.0%
2003154.14+1.4%
2002151.96+1.4%
2001149.79+4.4%
2000143.42+2.9%
1999139.43+2.6%
1998135.92+3.9%
1997130.80+0.4%
1996130.25+1.4%
1995128.42+4.6%
1994122.77+4.6%
1993117.32+3.4%
1992113.41−0.2%
1991113.65+4.5%
1990108.76+4.3%
1989104.30+2.0%
1988102.30−1.4%
1987103.78+5.4%
198698.46−1.5%
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 Lee 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: Lee 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
Lee County+5.7%+41.6%+66.3%+79.8%+107.8%+5.2%
Tupelo, MS+6.4%+42.7%+68.3%+83.5%+111.8%+5.3%
Mississippi+3.5%+42.1%+62.3%+74.4%+106.6%+5.0%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

The annual files of FHFA have no index for Tupelo. The first row is the index of Lee County.

Building permits in Tupelo

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Tupelo authorized 90 housing units. That is 2.4 units for each 1,000 residents. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 93 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 Tupelo, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026880
Jul 2026990
Jun 2026990
May 202610100
Apr 202610100
Mar 2026880
Feb 2026770
Jan 2026770
Dec 2025220
Nov 2025660
Oct 2025770
Sep 2025770
Aug 2025862
Jul 2025770
Jun 2025770
May 2025770
Apr 2025880
Mar 202513130
Feb 2025440
Jan 2025770
Dec 2024862
Nov 2024660
Oct 20241082
Sep 2024862
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureTupeloLee CountyMississippiUnited States
All units901428,7181,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit90 (100%)120 (85%)7,854 (90%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units0415834,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units036017,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)15 (11%)646 (7%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residents2.41.73.04.1
Change from the 12 months before−3.2%+2.9%+13.9%−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 Tupelo, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
20251011010
202487852
20231028616
202282820
2021101992
20201381380
20191411410
20181071070
20171031030
201676760
201553530
201446460
201334340
20121293495
201163630
201048480
200920242160
200850500
200772720
200695950
20051121120
20041021020
200396960
2002105978
20011211210
20001129220
199911910118
199818416519
19971591518
199617715720
199525923326

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. Tupelo, MS home price history and building permits. https://homevaluetrail.com/city/ms/tupelo/. Source: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for Lee County. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 713000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Lee 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 Tupelo?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 90 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 93 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 90 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count decreased by 3.2% between the two periods.
How many units is that for each 1,000 residents?
Tupelo has 2.4 units for each 1,000 residents. Lee County has 1.7 units for each 1,000 residents. Mississippi has 3.0 units for each 1,000 residents.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Tupelo authorized 3,376 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 1995, with 259.