Home Value Trail

Ottawa County Unincorporated Area, OH home price history and building permits

Ottawa CountySandusky, OHOhio

  • Price trail: Ottawa 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 Ottawa County, the county of Ottawa County Unincorporated Area. The FHFA annual house price index for Ottawa County increased by 90.0% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Ottawa County Unincorporated Area authorized 190 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 Ottawa County, the county of Ottawa County Unincorporated Area.

+90.0%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Ottawa County increased by 90.0%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.6%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Ottawa County+90.0%
Sandusky, OH+91.7%
Ohio+93.4%
United States+85.0%
Ottawa County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1977
  • Ottawa County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Ottawa County, not of Ottawa 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 Ottawa County, 1977 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025809.94+8.3%
2024747.58+6.5%
2023701.90+11.9%
2022627.36+11.4%
2021563.08+8.0%
2020521.38+3.2%
2019505.03+3.2%
2018489.58+9.3%
2017447.92+1.1%
2016443.13+3.9%
2015426.36+2.6%
2014415.52+3.1%
2013403.18−0.5%
2012405.29−2.9%
2011417.33−1.5%
2010423.50−4.9%
2009445.25−2.5%
2008456.56−3.3%
2007472.04−4.0%
2006491.83+4.8%
2005469.24+2.7%
2004457.05+4.6%
2003436.95+2.2%
2002427.43+1.9%
2001419.63+6.1%
2000395.36+5.4%
1999375.08+5.0%
1998357.37+3.8%
1997344.15+6.2%
1996323.91+6.7%
1995303.59+5.0%
1994289.13+4.5%
1993276.56+3.0%
1992268.50+1.1%
1991265.45+4.3%
1990254.51+4.5%
1989243.60+2.9%
1988236.74+8.6%
1987218.07+3.7%
1986210.23+3.5%
1985203.14−0.9%
1984204.96+2.7%
1983199.65+6.9%
1982186.75−9.6%
1981206.57+32.6%
1980155.73−4.8%
1979163.66+41.4%
1978115.76+15.8%
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 Ottawa 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: Ottawa 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
Ottawa County+8.3%+55.3%+90.0%+72.6%+104.9%+6.6%
Sandusky, OH+9.6%+58.5%+91.7%+70.5%+97.8%+6.7%
Ohio+4.8%+53.2%+93.4%+78.2%+106.3%+6.8%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

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

Building permits in Ottawa County Unincorporated Area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Ottawa County Unincorporated Area authorized 190 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 127 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 Ottawa County Unincorporated Area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 202618135
Jul 202613130
Jun 202613130
May 202613130
Apr 202615150
Mar 202628280
Feb 20261046
Jan 202612120
Dec 202511110
Nov 2025241113
Oct 202516160
Sep 202517170
Aug 202516160
Jul 202514140
Jun 2025880
May 2025770
Apr 20251183
Mar 202510100
Feb 2025990
Jan 202512120
Dec 2024220
Nov 202414140
Oct 202416160
Sep 2024880
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureOttawa County Unincorporated AreaOttawa CountyOhioUnited States
All units19019732,2821,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit166 (87%)173 (88%)17,616 (55%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units0076834,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units0085217,298
In buildings with 5 or more units24 (13%)24 (12%)13,046 (40%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a5.02.74.1
Change from the 12 months before+49.6%+51.5%−0.9%−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 Ottawa County Unincorporated Area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202515513916
20241221184
202314810840
202221913386
202117014624
202013712710
20191331276
201816611254
20171111110
20161341340
20151348450
201490855
20131131076
20121091090
201176760
20101181180
2009968313
20081281280
200726419569
20062912829
20053183180
20042422420
20032442404
20022292254
20012202182
20002312274
19992392318
19982372298
19972112038
19962192154
19952132058

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.

Each link loaded on .

Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Ottawa County Unincorporated Area, OH home price history and building permits. https://homevaluetrail.com/city/oh/ottawa-county-unincorporated-area/. Source: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for Ottawa County. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 475900. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Ottawa 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 Ottawa County Unincorporated Area?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 166 units are in buildings with one unit. 0 units are in buildings with two to four units. 24 units are in buildings with five or more units.
How does the count compare with the 12 months before?
Permits authorized 127 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 190 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count increased by 49.6% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Ottawa County Unincorporated Area authorized 5,517 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2005, with 318.