Home Value Trail

Bloomington, IL metro area: home price history and building permits

Illinois1 county171,419 residents (2025 estimate)

  • FHFA quarterly index to 2026 Q2
  • FHFA annual index 1975 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Release of

The FHFA annual house price index for Bloomington, IL increased by 59.8% from 2015 to 2025. From 2020 to 2025, the index increased by 54.4%. From 2024 to 2025, the index increased by 5.0%. From 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2, the quarterly index increased by 8.7%.

2015

+59.8%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Bloomington, IL increased by 59.8%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +4.8%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Bloomington, IL+59.8%
Illinois+64.6%
United States+85.0%
Bloomington, IL FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, 100 in 1985 Q1
  • Bloomington, IL
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

The line is FHFA's quarterly index, through 2026 Q2. The calculator and the tables use FHFA's annual index of the area.

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Bloomington, IL, 1975 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025569.50+5.0%
2024542.28+5.7%
2023513.22+9.1%
2022470.48+16.8%
2021402.97+9.3%
2020368.73+1.5%
2019363.44+1.3%
2018358.73−0.2%
2017359.36+0.4%
2016358.03+0.4%
2015356.48+0.4%
2014354.89+0.1%
2013354.66+1.7%
2012348.61−0.9%
2011351.63−1.8%
2010358.14−0.5%
2009359.90−0.7%
2008362.50−0.3%
2007363.55+2.0%
2006356.25+3.3%
2005344.75+3.0%
2004334.87+3.9%
2003322.19+1.9%
2002316.07+2.6%
2001308.00+3.4%
2000298.01+3.3%
1999288.58+3.5%
1998278.84+2.4%
1997272.23+3.1%
1996264.14+2.9%
1995256.82+7.2%
1994239.57+6.8%
1993224.30+5.5%
1992212.56+3.0%
1991206.31+2.7%
1990200.86+3.1%
1989194.83+2.2%
1988190.64+2.5%
1987185.98+4.8%
1986177.54+6.6%
1985166.55−0.5%
1984167.45+5.2%
1983159.17+5.1%
1982151.44−4.7%
1981158.92+5.6%
1980150.46−4.2%
1979157.07+4.1%
1978150.88+28.9%
1977117.04+20.7%
197696.99−3.0%
1975100.00n/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 Bloomington, IL. 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: Bloomington, IL 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
Bloomington, IL+5.0%+54.4%+59.8%+65.2%+91.1%+4.8%
Illinois+5.7%+46.9%+64.6%+44.9%+95.6%+5.1%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

Each row uses FHFA's annual all-transactions index and the same two years.

Drawdowns

A drawdown is a decline of 5% or more of the annual index from a peak.

The annual index of Bloomington, IL has no decline of 5% or more from a peak.

Decade by decade

Change in the index of Bloomington, IL in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
1980s1980 to 1990+33.5%+68.2%
1990s1990 to 2000+48.4%+33.9%
2000s2000 to 2010+20.2%+29.7%
2010s2010 to 2020+3.0%+35.5%
2020s so far2020 to 2025+54.4%+47.0%

The index is 100 in the first year with a value for the area (1975 here). The change in a decade is the index at the end of the decade divided by the index at the start. The base year has no effect on it.

Building permits in the area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in the county of the area authorized 175 housing units. That is 1.0 units for each 1,000 residents.

Housing units authorized by month, latest 60 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 the Bloomington, IL metro area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 202636828
Jul 2026880
Jun 202619190
May 202622220
Apr 202625250
Mar 202611110
Feb 202613130
Jan 2026440
Dec 2025220
Nov 2025770
Oct 202516160
Sep 202512120
Aug 2025862264
Jul 202543430
Jun 202520200
May 202516160
Apr 202532320
Mar 202517170
Feb 202513130
Jan 2025660
Dec 202423230
Nov 202451546
Oct 202417710
Sep 20241192
Aug 2024392514
Jul 202417170
Jun 2024990
May 202411110
Apr 202416160
Mar 202420200
Feb 202431256
Jan 202410100
Dec 202317116
Nov 202310100
Oct 202341329
Sep 2023352510
Aug 202320200
Jul 202331238
Jun 202313130
May 202335269
Apr 202324240
Mar 202318162
Feb 202319145
Jan 2023330
Dec 20221192
Nov 202220182
Oct 2022781266
Sep 202215132
Aug 202220182
Jul 202214140
Jun 202240382
May 2022762056
Apr 202220200
Mar 202229290
Feb 2022770
Jan 202217152
Dec 2021000
Nov 2021000
Oct 2021000
Sep 2021000
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 the Bloomington, IL metro area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202526920564
202424316677
202321515956
2022437305132
202128320182
2020265162103
201919211577
201820195106
2017370198172
2016331203128
2015368220148
201424623214
2013674393281
2012535284251
2011620241379
2010427319108
2009502304198
2008463302161
2007653425228
2006794672122
2005885723162
20041,165893272
20031,6431,037606
20021,698942756
20011,550990560
2000909650259
19991,342961381
19988808800
19977697690
19967377370
19957347340

The counts are the sums of the county files of the Building Permits Survey for the counties of the area (OMB delineation of July 2023).

Counties of the area

Counties of the Bloomington, IL metro area, by name
CountyState1 year10 yearsUnits, 12 months
McLean CountyIL+5.0%+59.8%175

Agency pages

  • 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.
  • Building Permits SurveyUS Census BureauThe survey of housing units that building permits authorize.

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Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Bloomington, IL home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/metro/14010-bloomington/. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for CBSAs (developmental); US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Index
FHFA annual house price index for CBSAs, all transactions, 1975 to 2025. Release of March 31, 2026. The line: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for the metropolitan area, through 2026 Q2.
Other levels
FHFA annual indexes for the states and the United States, from the same release.
Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, county files through August 2026, added for the counties of the area.
Counties of the area
OMB delineation of core based statistical areas, July 2023.
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

Which years had the largest changes in the index for Bloomington, IL?
The largest increase in one year was 28.9%, from 1977 to 1978. The largest decrease in one year was 4.7%, from 1981 to 1982.
How did the index for Bloomington, IL change over 20 years?
From 2005 to 2025, the index for Bloomington, IL increased by 65.2%. In the same years, the index for Illinois increased by 44.9%. In the same years, the index for the United States increased by 79.1%.
What is the highest value of the index for Bloomington, IL?
The index is 100 in 1975, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 569.50, in 2025.
Which counties are in the Bloomington, IL area?
The area has 1 county in the delineation of July 2023. The Census Bureau estimates 171,419 residents for 2025.