Home Value Trail

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area: home price history and building permits

West VirginiaKentuckyOhio8 counties365,965 residents (2025 estimate)

  • FHFA quarterly index to 2026 Q2
  • FHFA annual index 1977 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Release of

The FHFA annual house price index for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH increased by 49.1% from 2015 to 2025. From 2020 to 2025, the index increased by 38.1%. From 2024 to 2025, the index increased by 4.5%. From 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2, the quarterly index increased by 8.4%.

2015

+49.1%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH increased by 49.1%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +4.1%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH+49.1%
West Virginia+54.1%
United States+85.0%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, 100 in 1986 Q4
  • Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
  • 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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, 1977 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025400.45+4.5%
2024383.04+5.9%
2023361.79+6.4%
2022340.12+9.3%
2021311.18+7.3%
2020290.01+2.9%
2019281.88+2.9%
2018273.86+0.5%
2017272.47+0.8%
2016270.41+0.7%
2015268.64+2.4%
2014262.25+0.3%
2013261.38−0.3%
2012262.06+0.1%
2011261.80+0.4%
2010260.65−0.4%
2009261.68−0.5%
2008262.97+1.6%
2007258.89+3.2%
2006250.90+4.3%
2005240.49+5.2%
2004228.65+4.0%
2003219.91+2.0%
2002215.52+2.5%
2001210.35+4.0%
2000202.26+3.2%
1999195.99+1.6%
1998192.93+2.9%
1997187.51+3.2%
1996181.63+2.6%
1995176.95+5.6%
1994167.55+4.8%
1993159.85+4.2%
1992153.37+3.8%
1991147.71+1.7%
1990145.22+3.5%
1989140.37+1.9%
1988137.70+2.8%
1987133.90+2.5%
1986130.63+1.6%
1985128.53−0.2%
1984128.82+0.4%
1983128.31+13.2%
1982113.36−21.6%
1981144.68+4.7%
1980138.23+12.5%
1979122.87+11.8%
1978109.87+9.9%
1977100.00n/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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH. 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: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 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
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH+4.5%+38.1%+49.1%+66.5%+98.0%+4.1%
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%

Each row uses FHFA's annual all-transactions index and the same two years. The state row is West Virginia, the first state in the name of the area.

Drawdowns

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

Drawdowns of the index of Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, deepest first
PeakLowDeclineBack at the peak
19811982−21.6%1990

Decade by decade

Change in the index of Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
1980s1980 to 1990+5.1%+68.2%
1990s1990 to 2000+39.3%+33.9%
2000s2000 to 2010+28.9%+29.7%
2010s2010 to 2020+11.3%+35.5%
2020s so far2020 to 2025+38.1%+47.0%

The index is 100 in the first year with a value for the area (1977 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 8 counties of the area authorized 438 housing units. That is 1.2 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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 202623194
Jul 202627207
Jun 2026362214
May 202624204
Apr 202627252
Mar 2026602040
Feb 2026441628
Jan 2026451431
Dec 2025331815
Nov 2025321418
Oct 2025481929
Sep 2025391722
Aug 2025422022
Jul 2025462125
Jun 2025412219
May 2025442222
Apr 2025391920
Mar 2025512328
Feb 202521183
Jan 202515150
Dec 202426188
Nov 202416160
Oct 202421210
Sep 202421183
Aug 202423230
Jul 202430246
Jun 202422193
May 202422220
Apr 202429263
Mar 202423212
Feb 202418180
Jan 202417170
Dec 202317170
Nov 202317170
Oct 202326260
Sep 202324195
Aug 202322220
Jul 202328208
Jun 202325178
May 202321210
Apr 202320200
Mar 202319190
Feb 202322184
Jan 202316160
Dec 202213130
Nov 202217170
Oct 202218180
Sep 202217170
Aug 202220200
Jul 202219190
Jun 202224240
May 202222220
Apr 202233276
Mar 202230246
Feb 202219190
Jan 202221210
Dec 2021220
Nov 2021330
Oct 202111110
Sep 2021220
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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202530923673
2024602236366
202329022862
202225524114
20213052978
202025423321
201925319063
201824720938
201725122130
201624218854
201528119091
2014349221128
2013458288170
2012410254156
2011399236163
2010370248122
2009315211104
2008670269401
2007589464125
2006861558303
2005894539355
2004619464155
200344141526
200250841395
2001556372184
200055947683
1999630468162
19984634630
19974574570
19965395390
19954154150

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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area, by name
CountyState1 year10 yearsUnits, 12 months
Boyd CountyKY+5.8%+49.8%1
Cabell CountyWV+7.1%+46.7%77
Carter CountyKY+0.4%+47.4%2
Greenup CountyKY+1.8%+46.0%20
Lawrence CountyOH−0.4%+47.9%18
Lawrence CountyKY+0.1%+26.2%0
Putnam CountyWV+4.7%+57.1%260
Wayne CountyWV+7.7%+51.3%60

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. Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/metro/26580-huntington-ashland/. 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, 1977 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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH?
The largest increase in one year was 13.2%, from 1982 to 1983. The largest decrease in one year was 21.6%, from 1981 to 1982.
How did the index for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH change over 20 years?
From 2005 to 2025, the index for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH increased by 66.5%. In the same years, the index for West Virginia increased by 61.3%. In the same years, the index for the United States increased by 79.1%.
What is the highest value of the index for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH?
The index is 100 in 1977, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 400.45, in 2025.
Which counties are in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH area?
The area has 8 counties in the delineation of July 2023. The Census Bureau estimates 365,965 residents for 2025.