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Indiana in 2005

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

In 2005 the FHFA house price index for Indiana changed +3.5%, against +12.4% for the United States and +2.4% in 2004.

38,476 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (32,116 single-family), −1.9% on 2004; the national total was 2,155,316.

+3.5%Indiana index, 2004–2005US +12.4%
38,476housing units permitted in 200532,116 single-family
85 of 92counties with a rising indexmedian county +3.4%
2,155,316units permitted nationally in 2005
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Counties in 2005

Ranked by the county index change from 2004 to 2005 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2005; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2005Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Daviess County+9.5%18180.5
LaGrange County+7.3%2722726.6
Lawrence County+7.2%36320.8
Washington County+7.2%93933.3
Brown County+7.1%1041046.6
Dubois County+6.6%2042044.6
Harrison County+6.5%1811814.5
Kosciusko County+6.5%5474396.8
Newton County+6.4%51513.6
Monroe County+6.1%8686836.1
Porter County+6.1%1,4111,2728.0
Boone County+6.0%7515539.3
Marshall County+6.0%2011894.3
Starke County+6.0%1081004.6
Noble County+5.9%2582325.4
Lake County+5.8%2,9162,2115.8
Dearborn County+5.6%3132846.1
White County+5.6%79753.1
Gibson County+5.4%1331184.0
Clark County+5.1%9819697.5
Steuben County+5.1%3022978.7
Scott County+5.0%1421125.7
Jennings County+4.9%1191154.3
LaPorte County+4.9%5774415.2
Crawford County+4.7%220.2
Decatur County+4.5%90883.4
DeKalb County+4.5%1961964.4
Jefferson County+4.5%1301303.9
Spencer County+4.5%97974.8
Switzerland County+4.5%14014013.9
Parke County+4.4%45452.7
Bartholomew County+4.2%2922923.4
Hamilton County+4.2%4,2763,72511.0
Hendricks County+4.2%2,3871,93412.3
Putnam County+4.1%2612456.9
Franklin County+4.0%97954.2
St. Joseph County+4.0%1,0728583.9
Clay County+3.9%30301.1
Elkhart County+3.9%1,0241,0144.9
Floyd County+3.9%3443404.2
Fulton County+3.7%78783.9
Morgan County+3.7%3062754.1
Jasper County+3.6%2482487.3
Perry County+3.6%44442.3
Whitley County+3.6%1741685.0
Martin County+3.4%330.3
Wabash County+3.4%55551.8
Knox County+3.3%52521.5
Warrick County+3.3%87351513.1
Orange County+3.1%12120.6
Posey County+3.1%96963.8
Ripley County+3.1%2251747.6
Allen County+2.9%2,2591,8085.6
Vermillion County+2.9%28281.8
Warren County+2.9%29293.4
Clinton County+2.8%54541.6
Henry County+2.8%144832.9
Wells County+2.8%108803.7
Pike County+2.5%46463.8
Hancock County+2.4%7627598.4
Huntington County+2.4%1391393.7
Johnson County+2.4%1,8821,59010.8
Miami County+2.4%61611.8
Sullivan County+2.4%10100.5
Pulaski County+2.3%25252.0
Ohio County+2.2%45457.5
Shelby County+2.2%2722475.9
Tipton County+2.2%119957.8
Jackson County+2.1%1751713.7
Marion County+2.0%4,6183,1014.7
Vanderburgh County+2.0%8625914.7
Jay County+1.8%34341.7
Adams County+1.7%1591414.3
Delaware County+1.7%2672562.4
Madison County+1.7%5695274.2
Wayne County+1.6%1591322.4
Randolph County+1.3%42421.7
Carroll County+1.2%1211215.9
Cass County+1.2%54541.4
Rush County+1.1%45452.7
Howard County+0.9%2392272.8
Montgomery County+0.6%102862.6
Tippecanoe County+0.6%9399084.9
Vigo County+0.2%4352464.1
Fountain County+0.1%11110.6
Union County−0.4%25213.6
Grant County−0.6%96941.4
Fayette County−1.5%25251.1
Greene County−1.7%000.0
Owen County−3.2%1601607.3
Benton County−4.1%19192.1
Blackford County−4.3%2392.0

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.