Home Value Trail

Hardy County Unincorporated Area, WV home price history and building permits

Hardy CountyWest Virginia

  • Price trail: Hardy County
  • FHFA annual index 2003 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 Hardy County, the county of Hardy County Unincorporated Area. The FHFA annual house price index for Hardy County increased by 106.9% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Hardy County Unincorporated Area authorized 65 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 Hardy County, the county of Hardy County Unincorporated Area.

+106.9%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Hardy County increased by 106.9%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +7.5%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Hardy County+106.9%
West Virginia+54.1%
United States+85.0%
Hardy County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 2003
  • Hardy County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Hardy County, not of Hardy 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 Hardy County, 2003 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025299.10+17.1%
2024255.45+8.1%
2023236.31+25.2%
2022188.73+3.5%
2021182.43+14.4%
2020159.48+4.1%
2019153.13+3.5%
2018147.91−2.0%
2017150.99+5.3%
2016143.39−0.8%
2015144.54+4.8%
2014137.88−2.3%
2013141.09+1.3%
2012139.28−4.9%
2011146.49+0.5%
2010145.73−2.6%
2009149.57−5.8%
2008158.75−1.1%
2007160.47+5.2%
2006152.52+10.1%
2005138.48+19.0%
2004116.35+16.3%
2003100.00n/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 Hardy 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: Hardy 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
Hardy County+17.1%+87.5%+106.9%+116.0%n/a+7.5%
West Virginia+4.1%+40.0%+54.1%+61.3%+101.8%+4.4%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

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

Building permits in Hardy County Unincorporated Area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Hardy County Unincorporated Area authorized 65 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 60 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 Hardy County Unincorporated Area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026660
Jul 2026770
Jun 2026440
May 2026990
Apr 202614140
Mar 2026330
Feb 2026220
Jan 2026550
Dec 2025110
Nov 2025440
Oct 2025440
Sep 2025660
Aug 2025660
Jul 202510100
Jun 2025440
May 2025880
Apr 2025770
Mar 2025770
Feb 2025330
Jan 2025220
Dec 2024110
Nov 2024220
Oct 2024000
Sep 202410100
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureHardy County Unincorporated AreaHardy CountyWest VirginiaUnited States
All units65703,9811,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit65 (100%)70 (100%)3,523 (88%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units004034,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units006717,298
In buildings with 5 or more units0 (0%)0 (0%)351 (9%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a4.92.34.1
Change from the 12 months before+8.3%−44.4%+1.8%−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 Hardy County Unincorporated Area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202562620
202469690
202370700
202259590
202164640
202057570
201951510
201836360
201751510
2016883751
201534340
201433330
201333330
201225250
201132320
201030300
200938380
200862620
200797970
20061361360
20051591590
20041171170
20031171170
20021151150
200198980
20001021020
19991141140
19981041040
199793930
199679790
199596960

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

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 209000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Hardy County, 2003 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 Hardy County Unincorporated Area?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 65 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 60 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 65 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count increased by 8.3% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Hardy County Unincorporated Area authorized 2,321 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2005, with 159.