Georgia in 2016

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2016 the FHFA house price index for Georgia changed +6.1%, against +5.3% for the United States and +5.9% in 2015.

51,675 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (36,481 single-family), +13.4% on 2015; the national total was 1,206,642.

+6.1%Georgia index, 2015–2016US +5.3%

51,675housing units permitted in 201636,481 single-family

116 of 138counties with a rising indexmedian county +4.1%

1,206,642units permitted nationally in 2016

Counties in 2016

Ranked by the county index change from 2015 to 2016 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2016; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

County	Index change 2016	Units permitted	Single-family	Per 1,000
Talbot County	+22.3%	5	5	0.9
Jeff Davis County	+20.2%	2	2	0.1
Bacon County	+18.4%	0	0	0.0
Appling County	+18.3%	3	3	0.2
Lincoln County	+15.4%	24	24	3.0
Dooly County	+15.1%	0	0	0.0
Wilkes County	+12.6%	5	5	0.5
Oglethorpe County	+12.4%	39	39	2.4
Berrien County	+12.3%	20	20	1.1
Union County	+11.3%	155	155	5.6
Irwin County	+11.1%	19	19	2.1
Brooks County	+10.9%	23	23	1.4
Miller County	+10.9%	1	1	0.2
Heard County	+10.8%	22	22	1.8
Marion County	+10.2%	13	13	1.7
Brantley County	+9.3%	2	2	0.1
Turner County	+9.0%	6	6	0.7
Walton County	+8.4%	513	513	4.6
Cobb County	+8.2%	4,017	1,654	5.1
Twiggs County	+8.2%	1	1	0.1
Gilmer County	+8.1%	128	128	3.8
Cherokee County	+8.0%	2,494	2,100	8.3
DeKalb County	+8.0%	2,319	1,425	3.0
Fulton County	+8.0%	11,411	3,281	10.4
Putnam County	+8.0%	62	62	2.6
Fannin County	+7.6%	261	261	10.0
Glynn County	+7.6%	483	483	5.5
Seminole County	+7.6%	4	4	0.4
Clarke County	+7.5%	119	115	0.9
Oconee County	+7.4%	418	361	9.3
Pike County	+7.4%	76	76	3.6
Gwinnett County	+7.3%	3,977	3,779	3.9
Dawson County	+7.2%	492	272	13.9
Douglas County	+7.1%	382	382	2.5
Paulding County	+7.1%	1,339	1,339	7.0
Coffee County	+7.0%	64	64	1.4
Clayton County	+6.9%	560	560	1.9
Forsyth County	+6.8%	3,515	2,741	12.4
Barrow County	+6.6%	388	388	3.9
Coweta County	+6.5%	972	852	6.1
Madison County	+6.5%	8	8	0.2
Polk County	+6.5%	106	106	2.3
Chatham County	+6.4%	958	780	3.1
Hall County	+6.3%	1,578	1,033	7.0
Haralson County	+6.3%	43	43	1.3
Hart County	+6.3%	64	58	2.2
Morgan County	+6.2%	105	105	4.8
Towns County	+6.2%	128	128	9.6
Jackson County	+6.0%	873	873	8.8
Spalding County	+6.0%	195	195	2.8
Lumpkin County	+5.9%	173	171	4.8
Camden County	+5.8%	215	215	3.6
Fayette County	+5.6%	437	357	3.5
White County	+5.6%	70	70	2.3
Monroe County	+5.5%	106	106	3.3
Elbert County	+5.4%	21	21	1.0
Bartow County	+5.2%	514	514	4.3
Henry County	+5.2%	1,454	1,394	5.5
Rockdale County	+5.0%	200	200	2.0
Banks County	+4.9%	29	29	1.4
Dodge County	+4.8%	11	11	0.6
McDuffie County	+4.8%	23	23	1.1
Crawford County	+4.7%	17	17	1.4
Newton County	+4.7%	333	327	2.7
Troup County	+4.6%	148	148	2.0
Carroll County	+4.4%	290	272	2.2
Floyd County	+4.4%	226	102	2.2
Murray County	+4.2%	42	42	1.0
Pickens County	+4.2%	116	116	3.1
Jones County	+4.1%	23	23	0.8
Worth County	+4.1%	17	17	0.8
Decatur County	+4.0%	13	13	0.4
Lamar County	+3.8%	45	45	2.1
Laurens County	+3.6%	17	15	0.3
Bryan County	+3.5%	433	409	8.3
Stephens County	+3.5%	32	32	1.1
Jasper County	+3.4%	62	62	3.5
Whitfield County	+3.4%	131	122	1.2
Butts County	+3.2%	50	50	1.8
Columbia County	+3.0%	1,280	1,220	7.6
Franklin County	+3.0%	40	40	1.5
Greene County	+3.0%	188	188	8.8
Catoosa County	+2.8%	172	158	2.5
Schley County	+2.8%	6	6	1.3
Toombs County	+2.8%	20	8	0.7
Evans County	+2.4%	14	14	1.3
Tift County	+2.4%	159	39	3.8
Baldwin County	+2.3%	59	50	1.3
Ben Hill County	+2.2%	7	7	0.4
Hancock County	+2.2%	19	19	2.2
Bulloch County	+2.1%	345	327	4.0
Chattooga County	+2.1%	2	2	0.1
Wayne County	+2.1%	31	31	1.0
Effingham County	+2.0%	580	580	7.8
Habersham County	+1.7%	96	96	1.9
Pierce County	+1.6%	34	34	1.6
Houston County	+1.4%	775	775	4.3
Jenkins County	+1.4%	13	13	1.5
Wilcox County	+1.4%	0	0	0.0
Bibb County	+1.3%	89	89	0.6
Lee County	+1.3%	121	121	3.5
Upson County	+1.2%	18	18	0.6
Grady County	+1.1%	27	27	1.0
Gordon County	+1.0%	103	98	1.7
Rabun County	+1.0%	55	55	3.1
Washington County	+1.0%	71	71	3.6
Wilkinson County	+0.9%	9	9	1.0
Muscogee County	+0.8%	384	270	1.9
Walker County	+0.7%	144	142	2.0
Richmond County	+0.6%	598	322	2.9
Colquitt County	+0.4%	60	56	1.3
Burke County	+0.1%	50	50	2.0
Candler County	+0.1%	0	0	0.0
Screven County	+0.1%	32	32	2.2
Sumter County	+0.1%	16	16	0.6
Thomas County	+0.1%	239	79	5.2
Lowndes County	0.0%	976	892	7.9
Dougherty County	−0.1%	86	32	1.0
Emanuel County	−0.3%	9	3	0.4
Dade County	−0.4%	1	1	0.1
Bleckley County	−0.6%	12	12	0.9
Harris County	−0.8%	180	180	4.8
Pulaski County	−0.9%	8	8	0.8
Meriwether County	−1.1%	36	36	1.7
Early County	−1.2%	10	10	1.0
McIntosh County	−1.9%	41	41	3.4
Taylor County	−2.2%	12	12	1.5
Montgomery County	−2.3%	14	14	1.6
Macon County	−2.4%	4	4	0.3
Peach County	−2.9%	56	56	1.9
Crisp County	−3.4%	20	20	1.0
Cook County	−4.2%	27	27	1.5
Jefferson County	−4.7%	1	1	0.1
Ware County	−4.7%	114	114	3.1
Liberty County	−5.7%	276	276	3.9
Mitchell County	−7.1%	11	11	0.5
Tattnall County	−8.8%	24	24	1.0
Terrell County	−12.1%	6	6	0.7
Charlton County	—	20	20	1.5
Lanier County	—	16	16	1.5

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Georgia by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.