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Indiana in 1997

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

In 1997 the FHFA house price index for Indiana changed +4.2%, against +3.8% for the United States and +4.3% in 1996.

35,241 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (28,118 single-family), −5.3% on 1996; the national total was 1,441,136.

+4.2%Indiana index, 1996–1997US +3.8%
35,241housing units permitted in 199728,118 single-family
84 of 84counties with a rising indexmedian county +5.3%
1,441,136units permitted nationally in 1997
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Counties in 1997

Ranked by the county index change from 1996 to 1997 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 1997; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 1997Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Miami County+12.8%92922.7
White County+11.6%1171174.6
Orange County+11.4%330.2
Benton County+11.0%23232.6
Randolph County+10.7%85853.5
Pulaski County+10.0%60604.8
Gibson County+9.9%17170.5
Cass County+9.6%81812.1
Clay County+9.5%37371.4
Union County+9.4%44446.4
Franklin County+9.1%1041044.5
Scott County+8.9%97973.9
Fountain County+8.8%990.5
Fulton County+8.5%35351.7
Wabash County+8.0%1231234.0
Henry County+7.9%1711713.5
Jennings County+7.5%95953.4
Adams County+7.3%1071072.9
Harrison County+7.3%2512516.2
Newton County+7.3%70704.9
Washington County+7.3%42421.5
Sullivan County+7.2%14140.7
Starke County+7.1%1091094.7
Blackford County+7.0%30302.6
Tipton County+6.8%70704.6
Huntington County+6.4%2032035.5
Jay County+6.4%48482.4
Steuben County+6.3%2872878.2
Switzerland County+6.3%29292.9
Floyd County+6.2%3443444.2
Lawrence County+6.2%43430.9
Marshall County+6.2%2212214.7
Carroll County+6.1%83834.0
Kosciusko County+5.9%4564565.6
Clark County+5.7%6256254.8
Wells County+5.6%1041043.6
Whitley County+5.6%1691694.8
Clinton County+5.5%1081083.2
Knox County+5.5%64641.8
Montgomery County+5.5%1341343.4
Noble County+5.4%2082084.3
Ripley County+5.4%1541545.2
Dearborn County+5.3%2922925.7
Decatur County+5.3%71712.7
LaGrange County+5.3%1891894.6
Putnam County+5.2%1841844.9
Vanderburgh County+5.2%5725723.1
Fayette County+5.1%78783.3
Warrick County+5.1%4094096.1
Delaware County+5.0%2672672.4
Warren County+5.0%58586.8
Daviess County+4.9%23230.7
Shelby County+4.9%1561563.4
Elkhart County+4.8%8758754.2
Jefferson County+4.8%1821825.5
Wayne County+4.8%3833835.8
DeKalb County+4.7%2042044.6
Grant County+4.7%1811812.7
Jackson County+4.7%1761763.7
Jasper County+4.7%1941945.7
Boone County+4.6%3713714.6
Hendricks County+4.5%1,1711,1716.1
Howard County+4.5%2832833.4
Morgan County+4.5%4864866.5
Madison County+4.4%3363362.5
Monroe County+4.4%4494493.1
Dubois County+4.3%1861864.2
LaPorte County+4.2%4304303.9
Brown County+4.1%15815810.0
Hancock County+4.1%4994995.5
St. Joseph County+4.1%9649643.5
Marion County+3.6%3,6263,6263.7
Perry County+3.6%55552.8
Posey County+3.5%1121124.5
Bartholomew County+3.4%3763764.4
Tippecanoe County+3.3%6716713.5
Allen County+3.2%1,4811,4813.7
Johnson County+2.9%1,1701,1706.7
Vigo County+2.9%3063062.9
Greene County+2.8%000.0
Porter County+2.8%9559555.4
Hamilton County+2.6%2,8542,8547.4
Lake County+2.6%1,2291,2292.4
Rush County+2.4%64643.8
Crawford County—220.2
Martin County—330.3
Ohio County—59599.8
Owen County—000.0
Parke County—38382.3
Pike County—54544.5
Spencer County—1681688.4
Vermillion County—43432.8

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Indiana by year020,00040,00060,0001995: 35,715 units (27,905 single-family, 7,810 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 37,219 units (29,863 single-family, 7,356 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 35,241 units (28,118 single-family, 7,123 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 40,709 units (31,618 single-family, 9,091 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 41,469 units (33,408 single-family, 8,061 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 37,903 units (30,417 single-family, 7,486 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 39,117 units (32,376 single-family, 6,741 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 39,596 units (30,794 single-family, 8,802 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 39,421 units (31,891 single-family, 7,530 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 39,233 units (32,172 single-family, 7,061 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 38,476 units (32,116 single-family, 6,360 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 29,069 units (24,438 single-family, 4,631 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 23,841 units (19,232 single-family, 4,609 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 16,631 units (11,780 single-family, 4,851 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 12,555 units (9,666 single-family, 2,889 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 13,083 units (9,773 single-family, 3,310 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 12,618 units (9,324 single-family, 3,294 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 13,781 units (10,112 single-family, 3,669 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 17,950 units (12,089 single-family, 5,861 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 17,816 units (12,140 single-family, 5,676 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 18,483 units (12,646 single-family, 5,837 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 18,713 units (14,068 single-family, 4,645 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 21,664 units (16,075 single-family, 5,589 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 21,480 units (16,416 single-family, 5,064 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 22,309 units (16,308 single-family, 6,001 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 24,919 units (18,979 single-family, 5,940 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 29,860 units (22,225 single-family, 7,635 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 28,245 units (18,728 single-family, 9,517 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 27,055 units (17,046 single-family, 10,009 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 26,633 units (20,082 single-family, 6,551 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 29,076 units (19,877 single-family, 9,199 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Indiana 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.