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Delaware County Unincorporated Area

Delaware County · Columbus, OH · Ohio

Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Delaware County index 1975–2025
FHFA house price index for Delaware County, which contains Delaware County Unincorporated Area, 1975 to 2025Recession 1973–75Recession 1980Recession 1981–82Recession 1990–91Recession 2001Recession 2007–09Recession 202005001,0001,50019801990200020102020United States2025: 851
Delaware County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Delaware County's FHFA index, with the national index rebased to the same start.

Census Bureau notes: building permit figures cover new privately owned housing units authorised by permit-issuing places; permits do not mean the units were started or completed, and places that report less often than monthly are imputed in monthly totals. FHFA notes: The FHFA HPI is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. The FHFA HPI is a weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same properties.

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Delaware County Unincorporated Area, Ohio, covered 1,641 housing units (+21.1% year on year); the place lies in Delaware County.

1,475 of those units were single-family houses (90%), 26 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 140 in buildings of five or more units.

Since 1995 the place has authorised 34,404 units, with the busiest year 2000 (2,603 units). Delaware County's FHFA house price index rose +99.8% over the ten years to 2025.

1,641units permitted, 12 months to August 2026+21.1% on the previous 12 months
1,475single-family units90% of the total
140units in 5+ unit buildings9% of the total
—units per 1,000 residentsDelaware County 8.6 · Ohio 2.7

Permits by month and structure type

Housing units authorised in Delaware County Unincorporated Area by month, latest 24 months0200400Sep 2024: 148 units (148 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2024Oct 2024: 130 units (130 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2024: 68 units (68 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024: 99 units (99 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024Jan 2025: 72 units (72 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2025: 180 units (108 single-family, 72 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025: 98 units (88 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025Apr 2025: 93 units (93 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)May 2025: 246 units (88 single-family, 158 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025: 95 units (95 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025Jul 2025: 71 units (71 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2025: 55 units (55 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025: 93 units (75 single-family, 18 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025Oct 2025: 163 units (163 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2025: 117 units (107 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025: 222 units (103 single-family, 119 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025Jan 2026: 95 units (95 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2026: 142 units (142 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026: 101 units (101 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026Apr 2026: 118 units (113 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)May 2026: 97 units (83 single-family, 14 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026: 76 units (76 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026Jul 2026: 305 units (305 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2026: 112 units (112 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)

Housing units authorised in Delaware County Unincorporated Area by month, latest 24 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings

Units, 12 months to August 2026Delaware County Unincorporated AreaDelaware CountyOhioUnited States
All housing units1,6412,07832,2821,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)1,475 (90%)1,904 (92%)17,616 (55%)888,241 (63%)
2 units0876834,814
3–4 units262685217,298
5 or more units140 (9%)140 (7%)13,046 (40%)477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents—8.62.74.1
Change on previous 12 months+21.1%+0.9%−0.9%−0.1%

Permits by year since 1995

Housing units authorised in Delaware County Unincorporated Area by year, 1995–202501,0002,0003,0001995: 818 units (818 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 1,075 units (1,075 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 959 units (959 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 1,092 units (1,092 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 1,665 units (1,662 single-family, 3 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 2,603 units (2,603 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 2,119 units (2,119 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 2,054 units (2,054 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 1,939 units (1,939 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 1,695 units (1,658 single-family, 37 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 1,267 units (1,228 single-family, 39 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 869 units (803 single-family, 66 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 652 units (641 single-family, 11 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 526 units (412 single-family, 114 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 354 units (328 single-family, 26 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 401 units (397 single-family, 4 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 508 units (450 single-family, 58 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 654 units (572 single-family, 82 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 743 units (658 single-family, 85 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 532 units (493 single-family, 39 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 626 units (586 single-family, 40 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 836 units (810 single-family, 26 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 789 units (775 single-family, 14 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 762 units (637 single-family, 125 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 932 units (812 single-family, 120 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 1,091 units (1,035 single-family, 56 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 1,550 units (1,550 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 1,151 units (1,149 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 945 units (945 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 1,703 units (1,243 single-family, 460 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 1,494 units (1,119 single-family, 375 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Delaware County Unincorporated Area by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings

34,404 units since 1995; the busiest year was 2000. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.

Home prices in Delaware County

FHFA's index for Delaware County rose +99.8% over the ten years to 2025 (+7.2% a year) and +6.3% in the latest year, against +93.4% and +4.8% for Ohio. Full county page: decade table, peak-to-low declines, every ZIP code and every permit-issuing place in the county.

Questions and answers

How many homes are being built in Delaware County Unincorporated Area, OH?

1,641 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 1,355 in the previous 12 months.

What kind of housing is being permitted in Delaware County Unincorporated Area?

1,475 single-family units, 0 in two-unit buildings, 26 in three- and four-unit buildings and 140 in buildings of five or more units.

How does Delaware County Unincorporated Area compare with its county and state?

No population estimate is attached to this permit-issuing area, so a per-resident rate is not shown; Delaware County runs at 8.6 units per 1,000 residents and Ohio at 2.7.

How have home prices moved in Delaware County?

FHFA's index for Delaware County rose +99.8% over the ten years to 2025 and +6.3% in the latest year; the county page has the full series.

What does a permit count?

A housing unit authorised by a building permit for new privately owned residential construction, as reported to the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey by the permit-issuing office. Permits are not completions; some permitted units are never built, and places that report only annually are imputed in monthly figures.

Provenance

Permits: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place-level monthly and annual files through August 2026 (permit office 158800); county and state comparisons from the county and state files. Population: Census Bureau vintage 2025 estimates for incorporated places, matched on FIPS place code where the permit office is one. House price index: Federal Housing Finance Agency. Public domain. Corrections · Building Permits Survey.