Home Value Trail

Vilas County Part Unincorporated Area, WI home price history and building permits

Vilas CountyWisconsin

  • Price trail: Vilas County
  • FHFA annual index 1986 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 Vilas County, the county of Vilas County Part Unincorporated Area. The FHFA annual house price index for Vilas County increased by 103.5% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Vilas County Part Unincorporated Area authorized 226 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 Vilas County, the county of Vilas County Part Unincorporated Area.

+103.5%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Vilas County increased by 103.5%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +7.4%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Vilas County+103.5%
Wisconsin+95.5%
United States+85.0%
Vilas County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1986
  • Vilas County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Vilas County, not of Vilas County Part Unincorporated Area. The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city.

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Vilas County, 1986 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025635.63+3.7%
2024612.84+10.5%
2023554.60+16.3%
2022476.80+20.8%
2021394.73+10.1%
2020358.37+2.1%
2019350.93+4.6%
2018335.36+2.0%
2017328.64+3.9%
2016316.26+1.3%
2015312.33+0.3%
2014311.540.0%
2013311.49−3.0%
2012321.14−3.5%
2011332.74−4.6%
2010348.95−4.7%
2009366.22−2.7%
2008376.27+0.2%
2007375.69+2.4%
2006366.78+7.5%
2005341.20+10.8%
2004307.82+9.2%
2003281.86+3.0%
2002273.55+4.7%
2001261.21+7.8%
2000242.36+9.1%
1999222.08+7.3%
1998207.00+4.2%
1997198.65+8.6%
1996182.94+6.6%
1995171.55+14.1%
1994150.32+11.8%
1993134.41+7.5%
1992125.01+4.5%
1991119.62+3.1%
1990116.05+8.8%
1989106.69+12.5%
198894.800.0%
198794.83−5.2%
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 Vilas 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: Vilas 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
Vilas County+3.7%+77.4%+103.5%+86.3%+162.3%+7.4%
Wisconsin+5.4%+57.4%+95.5%+84.7%+143.0%+6.9%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

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

Building permits in Vilas County Part Unincorporated Area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Vilas County Part Unincorporated Area authorized 226 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 251 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 Vilas County Part Unincorporated Area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 202633330
Jul 202620200
Jun 202626260
May 202626260
Apr 202610100
Mar 202620200
Feb 2026880
Jan 2026660
Dec 2025550
Nov 2025990
Oct 202530300
Sep 202533330
Aug 202519190
Jul 202530300
Jun 202527270
May 202524240
Apr 202525250
Mar 2025880
Feb 202510100
Jan 20251697
Dec 20241587
Nov 202421147
Oct 202428217
Sep 202428217
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureVilas County Part Unincorporated AreaVilas CountyWisconsinUnited States
All units22626325,7711,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit226 (100%)263 (100%)13,316 (52%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units001,30634,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units004217,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)0 (0%)11,107 (43%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a11.14.34.1
Change from the 12 months before−10.0%−20.1%+5.6%−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 Vilas County Part Unincorporated Area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
20252252250
202424323310
202326920366
20221671670
20212012010
202017716710
201917316112
201815914910
20171451450
20161371352
20151421420
20141151150
20131151150
20121171170
20111231212
20101301300
20091161160
20081351305
200722621115
20062112065
20052122120
200437335518
20033323275
20022752705
20013073025
200034530243
199933631125
199834130536
199731927742
199634133011
1995540436104

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

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 894500. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Vilas 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 Vilas County Part Unincorporated Area?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 226 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 251 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 226 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count decreased by 10.0% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Vilas County Part Unincorporated Area authorized 7,047 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 1995, with 540.