Home Value Trail

Fort Dodge, IA micropolitan area: home price history and building permits

Iowa1 county36,838 residents (2025 estimate)

  • FHFA annual index 1976 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Release of

The FHFA annual house price index for Fort Dodge, IA increased by 52.1% from 2015 to 2025. From 2020 to 2025, the index increased by 30.9%. From 2024 to 2025, the index increased by 3.5%.

2015

+52.1%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Fort Dodge, IA increased by 52.1%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +4.3%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Fort Dodge, IA+52.1%
Iowa+65.4%
United States+85.0%
Fort Dodge, IA FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1976
  • Fort Dodge, IA
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span
Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Fort Dodge, IA, 1976 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025403.14+3.5%
2024389.45+4.3%
2023373.43+3.5%
2022360.84+8.3%
2021333.27+8.2%
2020307.89+1.1%
2019304.67+2.8%
2018296.47+4.4%
2017283.86+4.9%
2016270.62+2.1%
2015265.01+3.9%
2014255.07+1.8%
2013250.60+3.1%
2012243.07+1.0%
2011240.65+1.7%
2010236.56−3.2%
2009244.40−0.7%
2008246.23+1.2%
2007243.35+1.5%
2006239.73+1.6%
2005236.04+2.9%
2004229.35+1.2%
2003226.58+1.4%
2002223.45−0.4%
2001224.29+4.4%
2000214.74+5.2%
1999204.17+4.9%
1998194.61+6.4%
1997182.89+5.9%
1996172.73+6.5%
1995162.26+1.0%
1994160.63+2.2%
1993157.14+7.9%
1992145.59+4.4%
1991139.39+0.4%
1990138.80+10.7%
1989125.43+6.6%
1988117.66+12.2%
1987104.88−11.3%
1986118.23+7.9%
1985109.59n/a
1983107.81n/a
1980139.54+8.8%
1979128.30−3.3%
1978132.65+23.3%
1977107.55+7.5%
1976100.00n/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 Fort Dodge, IA. 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: Fort Dodge, IA 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
Fort Dodge, IA+3.5%+30.9%+52.1%+70.8%+87.7%+4.3%
Iowa+3.2%+41.4%+65.4%+82.3%+119.4%+5.2%
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 Fort Dodge, IA, deepest first
PeakLowDeclineBack at the peak
19801987−24.8%1992

Decade by decade

Change in the index of Fort Dodge, IA in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
1980s1980 to 1990−0.5%+68.2%
1990s1990 to 2000+54.7%+33.9%
2000s2000 to 2010+10.2%+29.7%
2010s2010 to 2020+30.2%+35.5%
2020s so far2020 to 2025+30.9%+47.0%

The index is 100 in the first year with a value for the area (1976 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 99 housing units. That is 2.7 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 Fort Dodge, IA micropolitan area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026220
Jul 2026220
Jun 202627324
May 2026440
Apr 2026330
Mar 202643241
Feb 2026220
Jan 2026440
Dec 2025220
Nov 2025220
Oct 2025440
Sep 2025440
Aug 2025220
Jul 2025440
Jun 2025330
May 2025330
Apr 2025330
Mar 2025220
Feb 2025110
Jan 2025110
Dec 2024330
Nov 2024110
Oct 2024330
Sep 2024220
Aug 2024330
Jul 2024220
Jun 2024220
May 2024220
Apr 2024330
Mar 2024220
Feb 2024220
Jan 2024000
Dec 2023110
Nov 2023110
Oct 2023220
Sep 2023330
Aug 2023220
Jul 2023330
Jun 202334232
May 2023110
Apr 2023725
Mar 2023220
Feb 2023110
Jan 2023000
Dec 2022110
Nov 2022110
Oct 20221212119
Sep 2022220
Aug 2022330
Jul 2022330
Jun 2022220
May 2022330
Apr 2022330
Mar 202218414
Feb 2022936
Jan 202211110
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 Fort Dodge, IA micropolitan area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202523230
202428280
2023542232
202214122119
202128280
20201545698
201925250
201870682
201719190
201618180
201513130
201420164
201341410
201231310
201115150
201023230
200916160
200825250
200739390
200638299
200566588
2004655510
2003705812
2002915140
2001897118
2000827210
1999765620
199866660
199745450
199638380
199538380

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 Fort Dodge, IA micropolitan area, by name
CountyState1 year10 yearsUnits, 12 months
Webster CountyIA+3.5%+52.1%99

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. Fort Dodge, IA home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/metro/22700-fort-dodge/. 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, 1976 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 Fort Dodge, IA?
The largest increase in one year was 23.3%, from 1977 to 1978. The largest decrease in one year was 11.3%, from 1986 to 1987.
How did the index for Fort Dodge, IA change over 20 years?
From 2005 to 2025, the index for Fort Dodge, IA increased by 70.8%. In the same years, the index for Iowa increased by 82.3%. In the same years, the index for the United States increased by 79.1%.
What is the highest value of the index for Fort Dodge, IA?
The index is 100 in 1976, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 403.14, in 2025.
Which counties are in the Fort Dodge, IA area?
The area has 1 county in the delineation of July 2023. The Census Bureau estimates 36,838 residents for 2025.