Home Value Trail

Lincoln County Unincorporated Area, NV home price history and building permits

Lincoln CountyNevada

  • Price trail: Lincoln County
  • FHFA annual index 2020 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 Lincoln County, the county of Lincoln County Unincorporated Area. The FHFA annual house price index for Lincoln County increased by 38.8% from 2020 to 2025. Building permits in Lincoln County Unincorporated Area authorized 34 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026.

2020

The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city. These figures are for the index of Lincoln County, the county of Lincoln County Unincorporated Area.

+38.8%

From 2020 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Lincoln County increased by 38.8%.

From 2020 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.8%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2020 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Lincoln County+38.8%
Nevada+48.7%
United States+47.0%
Lincoln County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 2020
  • Lincoln County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Lincoln County, not of Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, 2020 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025138.79−1.7%
2024141.19n/a
2022133.39+22.8%
2021108.58+8.6%
2020100.00n/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 Lincoln 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: Lincoln 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
Lincoln County−1.7%+38.8%n/an/an/an/a
Nevada+2.2%+48.7%+120.7%+59.4%+204.9%+8.2%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

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

Building permits in Lincoln County Unincorporated Area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Lincoln County Unincorporated Area authorized 34 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 21 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 Lincoln County Unincorporated Area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026220
Jul 2026000
Jun 2026220
May 2026220
Apr 2026220
Mar 2026615
Feb 2026413
Jan 2026220
Dec 2025615
Nov 2025110
Oct 2025110
Sep 2025615
Aug 2025110
Jul 2025110
Jun 2025110
May 2025615
Apr 2025660
Mar 2025110
Feb 2025110
Jan 2025110
Dec 2024110
Nov 2024110
Oct 2024000
Sep 2024110
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureLincoln County Unincorporated AreaLincoln CountyNevadaUnited States
All units343415,3571,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit16 (47%)16 (47%)9,843 (64%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units0011434,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units339217,298
In buildings with 5 or more units15 (44%)15 (44%)5,308 (35%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a7.94.74.1
Change from the 12 months before+61.9%+41.7%−10.2%−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 Lincoln County Unincorporated Area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
2025281810
2024461432
202314140
202220200
202110100
202010100
2019990
2018770
2017990
201610100
2015880
201411110
201313130
201210100
201111110
201011110
200914140
200814140
200723230
200622220
200522193
200423230
200313130
200214140
200112120
200012120
199913130
199811110
199711110
199610100
199511110

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

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 073000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Lincoln County, 2020 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 Lincoln County Unincorporated Area?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 16 units are in buildings with one unit. 3 units are in buildings with two to four units. 15 units are in buildings with five or more units.
How does the count compare with the 12 months before?
Permits authorized 21 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 34 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count increased by 61.9% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Lincoln County Unincorporated Area authorized 452 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2024, with 46.