Home Value Trail

El Campo, TX micropolitan area: home price history and building permits

Texas1 county42,060 residents (2025 estimate)

  • FHFA annual index 1985 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Release of

The FHFA annual house price index for El Campo, TX increased by 72.7% from 2015 to 2025. From 2020 to 2025, the index increased by 39.5%. From 2024 to 2025, the index increased by 4.2%.

2015

+72.7%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for El Campo, TX increased by 72.7%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +5.6%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
El Campo, TX+72.7%
Texas+88.2%
United States+85.0%
El Campo, TX FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1985
  • El Campo, TX
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span
Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for El Campo, TX, 1985 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025358.56+4.2%
2024344.18+3.4%
2023332.75+7.7%
2022308.88+12.0%
2021275.73+7.3%
2020257.00+2.4%
2019250.90+3.8%
2018241.72+7.3%
2017225.28+2.4%
2016220.07+6.0%
2015207.59+5.8%
2014196.21+5.3%
2013186.39+3.1%
2012180.71+2.5%
2011176.30−3.5%
2010182.65+1.1%
2009180.62+2.4%
2008176.43−2.0%
2007179.96+8.6%
2006165.64+5.2%
2005157.47+10.0%
2004143.10+3.2%
2003138.67+7.9%
2002128.47−0.9%
2001129.63+7.1%
2000121.07+10.5%
1999109.58−3.8%
1998113.86+5.7%
1997107.75+5.1%
1996102.49+2.8%
199599.71+0.3%
199499.38+4.6%
199395.01+2.5%
199292.65+2.4%
199190.47−3.1%
199093.37+7.8%
198986.63−7.5%
198893.62+4.2%
198789.85−9.6%
198699.39−0.6%
1985100.00n/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 El Campo, TX. 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: El Campo, TX 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
El Campo, TX+4.2%+39.5%+72.7%+127.7%+196.2%+5.6%
Texas+0.8%+43.5%+88.2%+147.8%+195.2%+6.5%
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.

Drawdowns of the index of El Campo, TX, deepest first
PeakLowDeclineBack at the peak
19851989−13.4%1996

Decade by decade

Change in the index of El Campo, TX in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
1990s1990 to 2000+29.7%+33.9%
2000s2000 to 2010+50.9%+29.7%
2010s2010 to 2020+40.7%+35.5%
2020s so far2020 to 2025+39.5%+47.0%

The index is 100 in the first year with a value for the area (1985 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 186 housing units. That is 4.4 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 El Campo, TX micropolitan area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 202627270
Jul 202622220
Jun 202612120
May 202621210
Apr 202615150
Mar 20261899
Feb 20261385
Jan 2026990
Dec 20251275
Nov 2025990
Oct 20251165
Sep 202517125
Aug 2025660
Jul 202516115
Jun 20251165
May 202511110
Apr 202515105
Mar 202516115
Feb 202516115
Jan 202523185
Dec 202417125
Nov 202416115
Oct 202418135
Sep 202423185
Aug 202426215
Jul 20241055
Jun 20241165
May 20241275
Apr 20241055
Mar 2024770
Feb 202411110
Jan 202413130
Dec 2023770
Nov 2023660
Oct 2023440
Sep 202311110
Aug 202310100
Jul 2023880
Jun 2023220
May 202317170
Apr 202365857
Mar 2023990
Feb 2023440
Jan 2023990
Dec 202210100
Nov 202215150
Oct 2022990
Sep 2022770
Aug 202211110
Jul 202212120
Jun 202216160
May 2022880
Apr 202217170
Mar 202215150
Feb 202230264
Jan 202213130
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 El Campo, TX micropolitan area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
20251161160
202418415034
20231479057
20221601564
202126124516
20201731712
20191251250
2018100964
201778780
201682820
201571692
201419190
201387870
201215150
201110100
201012120
200913130
200831310
200750500
2006614516
200534340
200430264
200337370
200227270
200123230
200013232100
199917170
199814140
199726260
199622220
199516160

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 El Campo, TX micropolitan area, by name
CountyState1 year10 yearsUnits, 12 months
Wharton CountyTX+4.2%+72.7%186

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.

Each link loaded on .

Cite this page

Home Value Trail. El Campo, TX home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/metro/20900-el-campo/. 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, 1985 to 2025. Release of March 31, 2026.
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 El Campo, TX?
The largest increase in one year was 12.0%, from 2021 to 2022. The largest decrease in one year was 9.6%, from 1986 to 1987.
How did the index for El Campo, TX change over 20 years?
From 2005 to 2025, the index for El Campo, TX increased by 127.7%. In the same years, the index for Texas increased by 147.8%. In the same years, the index for the United States increased by 79.1%.
What is the highest value of the index for El Campo, TX?
The index is 100 in 1985, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 358.56, in 2025.
Which counties are in the El Campo, TX area?
The area has 1 county in the delineation of July 2023. The Census Bureau estimates 42,060 residents for 2025.