Home Value Trail

Livingston township, NJ home price history and building permits

Essex CountyNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJNew Jersey

  • Price trail: Essex County
  • FHFA annual index 1975 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 Essex County, the county of Livingston township. The FHFA annual house price index for Essex County increased by 87.1% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Livingston township authorized 140 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 Essex County, the county of Livingston township.

+87.1%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Essex County increased by 87.1%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.5%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Essex County+87.1%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ+82.9%
New Jersey+87.7%
United States+85.0%
Essex County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1975
  • Essex County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

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

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Essex County, 1975 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
20251,695.16+5.8%
20241,602.03+9.5%
20231,463.12+10.9%
20221,319.49+12.1%
20211,176.80+9.8%
20201,071.60+3.7%
20191,033.01+3.4%
2018998.68+3.0%
2017969.35+3.8%
2016933.43+3.0%
2015905.86+3.2%
2014878.13+5.0%
2013836.34+0.6%
2012831.13−2.7%
2011854.07−3.8%
2010887.76−2.9%
2009914.35−8.2%
2008996.42−3.8%
20071,036.06+1.1%
20061,024.70+8.8%
2005942.08+17.2%
2004803.82+13.1%
2003710.64+7.2%
2002662.76+11.6%
2001594.02+10.8%
2000536.11+14.1%
1999470.06+6.6%
1998440.84+5.5%
1997417.90+1.4%
1996412.17+0.7%
1995409.36−1.3%
1994414.80−0.1%
1993415.10+1.0%
1992410.87+0.7%
1991408.06−4.6%
1990427.96−4.7%
1989449.20−0.9%
1988453.16+9.1%
1987415.24+18.4%
1986350.80+22.8%
1985285.59+20.7%
1984236.53+18.7%
1983199.34+9.6%
1982181.95+3.1%
1981176.40+5.8%
1980166.77+9.7%
1979152.03+22.1%
1978124.48+12.1%
1977111.07+8.6%
1976102.31+2.3%
1975100.00n/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 Essex 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: Essex 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
Essex County+5.8%+58.2%+87.1%+79.9%+216.2%+6.5%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ+6.1%+53.6%+82.9%+67.1%+200.9%+6.2%
New Jersey+6.2%+62.9%+87.7%+66.1%+191.2%+6.5%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

The annual files of FHFA have no index for Livingston township. The first row is the index of Essex County.

Building permits in Livingston township

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Livingston township authorized 140 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 97 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 Livingston township, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 202613130
Jul 2026550
Jun 2026660
May 202612120
Apr 2026880
Mar 202619190
Feb 2026880
Jan 202613130
Dec 202512120
Nov 202510100
Oct 202524240
Sep 202510100
Aug 202521210
Jul 202512120
Jun 2025990
May 2025990
Apr 2025550
Mar 2025440
Feb 2025440
Jan 2025110
Dec 2024770
Nov 2024550
Oct 202412120
Sep 2024880
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureLivingston townshipEssex CountyNew JerseyUnited States
All units1404,66731,5461,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit140 (100%)431 (9%)13,153 (42%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units02941,17834,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units034792917,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)3,595 (77%)16,286 (52%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a5.23.34.1
Change from the 12 months before+44.3%+32.3%−6.2%−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 Livingston township, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
20251211210
202478780
202335858300
202292920
20211041040
202082775
2019806515
2018543420
2017371819
201621123188
2015633132
201446460
201377770
201218180
201125250
201011110
2009880
200823230
200720200
200689890
200541185326
20041035548
200315150
200216817151
200128280
200097925
199918615432
19981301300
199736360
199616160
199517911168

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. Livingston township, NJ home price history and building permits. https://homevaluetrail.com/city/nj/livingston-township/. Source: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for Essex County. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 276000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Essex County, 1975 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 Livingston township?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 140 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 97 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 140 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count increased by 44.3% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Livingston township authorized 2,966 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2005, with 411.