Home Value Trail

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area: home price history and building permits

Pennsylvania3 counties617,427 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA increased by 75.2% from 2015 to 2025. From 2020 to 2025, the index increased by 51.5%. From 2024 to 2025, the index increased by 4.6%. From 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2, the quarterly index increased by 4.8%.

2015

+75.2%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA increased by 75.2%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +5.8%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA+75.2%
Pennsylvania+76.8%
United States+85.0%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, 100 in 1979 Q2
  • Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
  • 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA, 1975 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025757.72+4.6%
2024724.69+6.4%
2023681.24+9.0%
2022625.26+14.1%
2021547.99+9.6%
2020500.11+3.7%
2019482.11+3.4%
2018466.40+3.8%
2017449.41+2.1%
2016440.14+1.8%
2015432.44+2.4%
2014422.44−0.2%
2013423.23−0.2%
2012423.99−1.8%
2011431.66−1.3%
2010437.36−2.4%
2009448.11−2.0%
2008457.06+1.4%
2007450.93+4.7%
2006430.53+8.0%
2005398.60+8.6%
2004366.99+6.8%
2003343.63+3.3%
2002332.77+2.9%
2001323.24+4.1%
2000310.48+2.4%
1999303.15+1.2%
1998299.61+2.7%
1997291.87+3.4%
1996282.38+1.6%
1995277.89+3.4%
1994268.87+2.9%
1993261.19+2.5%
1992254.89+3.0%
1991247.38+2.1%
1990242.24+4.4%
1989232.11+5.5%
1988220.08+7.0%
1987205.62+6.6%
1986192.87+5.6%
1985182.72+5.7%
1984172.94+1.8%
1983169.86+3.4%
1982164.23+6.7%
1981153.89+0.4%
1980153.32+8.5%
1979141.33+15.3%
1978122.61+10.7%
1977110.76+7.8%
1976102.73+2.7%
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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA. 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: Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 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
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA+4.6%+51.5%+75.2%+90.1%+144.0%+5.8%
Pennsylvania+4.7%+48.0%+76.8%+83.6%+164.2%+5.9%
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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA, deepest first
PeakLowDeclineBack at the peak
20082014−7.6%2018

Decade by decade

Change in the index of Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
1980s1980 to 1990+58.0%+68.2%
1990s1990 to 2000+28.2%+33.9%
2000s2000 to 2010+40.9%+29.7%
2010s2010 to 2020+14.3%+35.5%
2020s so far2020 to 2025+51.5%+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 3 counties of the area authorized 1,556 housing units. That is 2.5 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 20261108921
Jul 2026252101151
Jun 202624572173
May 2026876720
Apr 202611210012
Mar 202614712126
Feb 202655532
Jan 2026845430
Dec 20251758986
Nov 2025836716
Oct 20251277156
Sep 2025796910
Aug 20251079611
Jul 2025896821
Jun 20251138132
May 2025978215
Apr 20251018912
Mar 20251559560
Feb 2025766016
Jan 2025846717
Dec 20241307951
Nov 20241157936
Oct 20241309931
Sep 2024977918
Aug 20241269432
Jul 202415012030
Jun 202415211042
May 202415312330
Apr 202419111378
Mar 20241087731
Feb 202424394149
Jan 20241008119
Dec 202314310637
Nov 20231388949
Oct 2023245120125
Sep 202321794123
Aug 202317214230
Jul 202317011951
Jun 202317914039
May 202322916564
Apr 202312711611
Mar 202378735
Feb 20231077037
Jan 2023877413
Dec 202284795
Nov 2022857510
Oct 20221398455
Sep 2022103967
Aug 202213712116
Jul 2022219115104
Jun 2022295135160
May 202221917544
Apr 202214810741
Mar 2022436135301
Feb 202217914039
Jan 202215714611
Dec 20211239627
Nov 202189854
Oct 202190900
Sep 202181810
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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
20251,201899302
20241,6431,123520
20231,8641,213651
20222,7111,820891
20211,5421,283259
20201,4601,160300
20192,0181,154864
20182,0131,344669
20171,5641,270294
20161,6271,239388
20151,6151,195420
20141,6021,201401
20131,6671,331336
20121,9161,215701
20111,113952161
20101,6121,315297
20091,5221,199323
20081,8641,472392
20072,2292,030199
20062,0301,886144
20052,7042,328376
20042,3982,30692
20032,8312,348483
20022,3862,210176
20012,0941,843251
20001,9531,730223
19992,5952,210385
19981,9941,9940
19971,9981,9980
19961,8571,8570
19951,6531,6530

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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area, by name
CountyState1 year10 yearsUnits, 12 months
Cumberland CountyPA+3.9%+72.7%946
Dauphin CountyPA+5.2%+78.5%496
Perry CountyPA+5.6%+73.0%114

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. Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/metro/25420-harrisburg-carlisle/. 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA?
The largest increase in one year was 15.3%, from 1978 to 1979. The largest decrease in one year was 2.4%, from 2009 to 2010.
How did the index for Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA change over 20 years?
From 2005 to 2025, the index for Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA increased by 90.1%. In the same years, the index for Pennsylvania increased by 83.6%. In the same years, the index for the United States increased by 79.1%.
What is the highest value of the index for Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA?
The index is 100 in 1975, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 757.72, in 2025.
Which counties are in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA area?
The area has 3 counties in the delineation of July 2023. The Census Bureau estimates 617,427 residents for 2025.