Home Value Trail

Storm Lake, IA micropolitan area: home price history and building permits

Iowa1 county20,449 residents (2025 estimate)

  • FHFA annual index 1992 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Release of

The FHFA annual house price index for Storm Lake, IA increased by 77.6% from 2015 to 2025. From 2020 to 2025, the index increased by 48.8%. From 2024 to 2025, the index increased by 7.3%.

2015

+77.6%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Storm Lake, IA increased by 77.6%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +5.9%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Storm Lake, IA+77.6%
Iowa+65.4%
United States+85.0%
Storm Lake, IA FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1992
  • Storm Lake, IA
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span
Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Storm Lake, IA, 1992 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025348.34+7.3%
2024324.68+13.4%
2023286.37−5.4%
2022302.64+18.8%
2021254.70+8.8%
2020234.16+2.6%
2019228.31+0.6%
2018226.85+1.8%
2017222.83+8.2%
2016205.94+5.0%
2015196.12+1.9%
2014192.40+2.1%
2013188.49+1.0%
2012186.67+2.5%
2011182.14−1.8%
2010185.56+1.7%
2009182.49−2.6%
2008187.40+7.1%
2007174.99+7.7%
2006162.51+3.1%
2005157.62+6.5%
2004148.03+0.9%
2003146.77−0.6%
2002147.59+3.0%
2001143.33+2.8%
2000139.43+1.0%
1999137.99+4.4%
1998132.14+5.9%
1997124.83+6.6%
1996117.05−1.4%
1995118.75+5.3%
1994112.81+6.3%
1993106.10+6.1%
1992100.00n/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 Storm Lake, 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: Storm Lake, 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
Storm Lake, IA+7.3%+48.8%+77.6%+121.0%+149.8%+5.9%
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 Storm Lake, IA, deepest first
PeakLowDeclineBack at the peak
20222023−5.4%2024

Decade by decade

Change in the index of Storm Lake, IA in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
2000s2000 to 2010+33.1%+29.7%
2010s2010 to 2020+26.2%+35.5%
2020s so far2020 to 2025+48.8%+47.0%

The index is 100 in the first year with a value for the area (1992 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 21 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 Storm Lake, IA micropolitan area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026330
Jul 2026220
Jun 2026330
May 2026312
Apr 2026110
Mar 2026110
Feb 2026110
Jan 2026110
Dec 2025220
Nov 2025110
Oct 2025110
Sep 2025220
Aug 2025312
Jul 2025000
Jun 2025110
May 2025110
Apr 2025220
Mar 2025110
Feb 2025000
Jan 2025110
Dec 2024110
Nov 2024440
Oct 2024330
Sep 202478780
Aug 2024110
Jul 2024110
Jun 2024000
May 2024330
Apr 2024000
Mar 202471071
Feb 2024202
Jan 2024000
Dec 2023000
Nov 2023440
Oct 2023110
Sep 2023000
Aug 2023220
Jul 2023312
Jun 2023220
May 2023000
Apr 2023000
Mar 2023000
Feb 2023312
Jan 2023000
Dec 2022110
Nov 2022000
Oct 2022110
Sep 2022220
Aug 2022110
Jul 202272720
Jun 2022220
May 2022330
Apr 2022110
Mar 2022330
Feb 2022000
Jan 2022220
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 Storm Lake, IA micropolitan area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202516142
20241729181
202320146
202282820
20211171998
202026224
201914140
201819190
201712120
2016550
2015770
2014880
2013905634
201215132
201115150
20101284
200910100
200818153
20071012477
200622220
200517170
2004251510
200351942
2002972
200117170
200022202
1999691356
199817170
199723230
199613130
199518180

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 Storm Lake, IA micropolitan area, by name
CountyState1 year10 yearsUnits, 12 months
Buena Vista CountyIA+7.3%+77.6%21

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. Storm Lake, IA home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/metro/44740-storm-lake/. 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, 1992 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 Storm Lake, IA?
The largest increase in one year was 18.8%, from 2021 to 2022. The largest decrease in one year was 5.4%, from 2022 to 2023.
How did the index for Storm Lake, IA change over 20 years?
From 2005 to 2025, the index for Storm Lake, IA increased by 121.0%. 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 Storm Lake, IA?
The index is 100 in 1992, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 348.34, in 2025.
Which counties are in the Storm Lake, IA area?
The area has 1 county in the delineation of July 2023. The Census Bureau estimates 20,449 residents for 2025.