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Spokane County Unincorporated Area

Spokane County · Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA · Washington

Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Spokane County index 1975–2025
FHFA house price index for Spokane County, which contains Spokane County Unincorporated Area, 1975 to 2025Recession 1973–75Recession 1980Recession 1981–82Recession 1990–91Recession 2001Recession 2007–09Recession 202005001,0001,50019801990200020102020United States2025: 1,277
Spokane County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Spokane 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.

Spokane County Unincorporated Area, Washington (Spokane County), authorised 1,155 housing units through building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, +20.8% on the previous 12 months.

666 of those units were single-family houses (58%), 14 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 475 in buildings of five or more units.

Since 1995 the place has authorised 38,286 units, with the busiest year 1996 (2,452 units). Spokane County's FHFA house price index rose +135.6% over the ten years to 2025.

1,155units permitted, 12 months to August 2026+20.8% on the previous 12 months
666single-family units58% of the total
475units in 5+ unit buildings41% of the total
—units per 1,000 residentsSpokane County 5.4 · Washington 4.9

Permits by month and structure type

Housing units authorised in Spokane County Unincorporated Area by month, latest 24 months050100150Sep 2024: 77 units (59 single-family, 18 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2024Oct 2024: 84 units (62 single-family, 22 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2024: 76 units (51 single-family, 25 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024: 35 units (35 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024Jan 2025: 76 units (56 single-family, 20 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2025: 61 units (50 single-family, 11 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025: 79 units (61 single-family, 18 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025Apr 2025: 96 units (67 single-family, 29 in multi-unit buildings)May 2025: 89 units (65 single-family, 24 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025: 94 units (58 single-family, 36 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025Jul 2025: 95 units (63 single-family, 32 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2025: 94 units (54 single-family, 40 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025: 89 units (50 single-family, 39 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025Oct 2025: 107 units (55 single-family, 52 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2025: 77 units (44 single-family, 33 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025: 102 units (57 single-family, 45 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025Jan 2026: 80 units (56 single-family, 24 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2026: 98 units (47 single-family, 51 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026: 95 units (60 single-family, 35 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026Apr 2026: 110 units (58 single-family, 52 in multi-unit buildings)May 2026: 115 units (61 single-family, 54 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026: 111 units (63 single-family, 48 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026Jul 2026: 99 units (60 single-family, 39 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2026: 72 units (55 single-family, 17 in multi-unit buildings)

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

Units, 12 months to August 2026Spokane County Unincorporated AreaSpokane CountyWashingtonUnited States
All housing units1,1553,01938,9111,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)666 (58%)1,408 (47%)17,298 (44%)888,241 (63%)
2 units14801,29434,814
3–4 units07561817,298
5 or more units475 (41%)1,456 (48%)19,701 (51%)477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents—5.44.94.1
Change on previous 12 months+20.8%+1.6%+11.4%−0.1%

Permits by year since 1995

Housing units authorised in Spokane County Unincorporated Area by year, 1995–202501,0002,0003,0001995: 1,951 units (1,116 single-family, 835 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 2,452 units (1,188 single-family, 1,264 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 1,265 units (973 single-family, 292 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 1,830 units (1,239 single-family, 591 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 1,545 units (1,128 single-family, 417 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 1,694 units (1,011 single-family, 683 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 1,372 units (1,055 single-family, 317 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 1,245 units (1,039 single-family, 206 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 1,196 units (1,108 single-family, 88 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 1,924 units (1,072 single-family, 852 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 1,752 units (1,689 single-family, 63 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 1,623 units (1,329 single-family, 294 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 1,206 units (869 single-family, 337 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 826 units (554 single-family, 272 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 551 units (371 single-family, 180 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 762 units (504 single-family, 258 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 736 units (366 single-family, 370 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 516 units (489 single-family, 27 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 719 units (671 single-family, 48 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 634 units (463 single-family, 171 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 1,026 units (661 single-family, 365 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 1,312 units (851 single-family, 461 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 991 units (896 single-family, 95 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 1,077 units (962 single-family, 115 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 1,169 units (959 single-family, 210 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 1,097 units (787 single-family, 310 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 965 units (775 single-family, 190 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 1,611 units (853 single-family, 758 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 1,015 units (669 single-family, 346 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 1,165 units (741 single-family, 424 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 1,059 units (680 single-family, 379 in multi-unit buildings)2025

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

38,286 units since 1995; the busiest year was 1996. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.

Home prices in Spokane County

FHFA's index for Spokane County rose +135.6% over the ten years to 2025 (+8.9% a year) and +2.6% in the latest year, against +113.0% and +1.8% for Washington. 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 Spokane County Unincorporated Area, WA?

1,155 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 956 in the previous 12 months.

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

666 single-family units, 14 in two-unit buildings, 0 in three- and four-unit buildings and 475 in buildings of five or more units.

How does Spokane 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; Spokane County runs at 5.4 units per 1,000 residents and Washington at 4.9.

How have home prices moved in Spokane County?

FHFA's index for Spokane County rose +135.6% over the ten years to 2025 and +2.6% 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 509000); 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.