Home Value Trail

Hughes County Unincorporated Area, SD home price history and building permits

Hughes CountyPierre, SDSouth Dakota

  • Price trail: Hughes County
  • FHFA annual index 1986 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Permits through

Permits in Hughes County Unincorporated Area authorized fewer than 12 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. Search engines do not list this page.

The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city. The line on this page is the index of Hughes County, the county of Hughes County Unincorporated Area. The FHFA annual house price index for Hughes County increased by 64.1% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Hughes County Unincorporated Area authorized 8 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 Hughes County, the county of Hughes County Unincorporated Area.

+64.1%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Hughes County increased by 64.1%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +5.1%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Hughes County+64.1%
Pierre, SD+61.6%
South Dakota+84.7%
United States+85.0%
Hughes County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1986
  • Hughes County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Hughes County, not of Hughes 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 Hughes County, 1986 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025459.47+5.6%
2024434.90+5.0%
2023414.10+3.0%
2022402.04+16.4%
2021345.32+9.7%
2020314.70+2.9%
2019305.95+1.9%
2018300.21+2.5%
2017292.99+3.0%
2016284.53+1.6%
2015280.05+6.6%
2014262.62+0.7%
2013260.90+4.0%
2012250.75+2.4%
2011244.86+1.0%
2010242.39−0.8%
2009244.27+1.8%
2008239.86+1.9%
2007235.32+2.2%
2006230.23+7.3%
2005214.56+5.9%
2004202.63+5.3%
2003192.48+2.2%
2002188.36+3.6%
2001181.90+6.2%
2000171.26+4.0%
1999164.66+1.4%
1998162.45+5.8%
1997153.53+3.5%
1996148.37+1.9%
1995145.59+3.5%
1994140.61+11.0%
1993126.71+10.2%
1992114.95+2.8%
1991111.86+7.7%
1990103.88+0.8%
1989103.01−3.7%
1988107.01+3.1%
1987103.79+3.8%
1986100.00n/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 Hughes 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: Hughes 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
Hughes County+5.6%+46.0%+64.1%+114.1%+168.3%+5.1%
Pierre, SD+3.8%+45.4%+61.6%+112.0%+165.2%+4.9%
South Dakota+3.1%+49.5%+84.7%+125.7%+181.4%+6.3%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

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

Building permits in Hughes County Unincorporated Area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Hughes County Unincorporated Area authorized 8 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 19 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 Hughes County Unincorporated Area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026110
Jul 2026000
Jun 2026110
May 2026000
Apr 2026220
Mar 2026220
Feb 2026000
Jan 2026000
Dec 2025000
Nov 2025000
Oct 2025220
Sep 2025000
Aug 2025110
Jul 2025220
Jun 2025220
May 2025110
Apr 2025440
Mar 2025220
Feb 2025220
Jan 2025000
Dec 2024000
Nov 2024110
Oct 2024110
Sep 2024330
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureHughes County Unincorporated AreaHughes CountySouth DakotaUnited States
All units81195,9731,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit8 (100%)18 (15%)3,244 (54%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units0011434,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units0016717,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)101 (85%)2,448 (41%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a6.86.44.1
Change from the 12 months before−57.9%+296.7%+5.1%−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 Hughes County Unincorporated Area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202516160
202414140
202314140
202218180
202120200
202011110
2019990
2018660
201712120
201621210
201523230
201415150
201315150
201212120
201134268
201010100
200916160
2008550
200712120
200617170
200521210
200416160
200332320
200220200
200131310
200017170
199921174
1998770
199711110
1996550
1995770

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

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 295000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Hughes County, 1986 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 Hughes County Unincorporated Area?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 8 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 19 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 8 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count decreased by 57.9% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Hughes County Unincorporated Area authorized 488 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2011, with 34.