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Indiana in 2015

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

In 2015 the FHFA house price index for Indiana changed +3.3%, against +4.4% for the United States and +2.4% in 2014.

18,483 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (12,646 single-family), +3.7% on 2014; the national total was 1,182,582.

+3.3%Indiana index, 2014–2015US +4.4%
18,483housing units permitted in 201512,646 single-family
80 of 92counties with a rising indexmedian county +3.2%
1,182,582units permitted nationally in 2015
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Counties in 2015

Ranked by the county index change from 2014 to 2015 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2015; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2015Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Orange County+11.1%110.1
Randolph County+9.2%21210.9
Carroll County+8.8%87594.2
Union County+8.0%330.4
Perry County+6.7%74323.8
Montgomery County+6.0%32320.8
Starke County+6.0%38381.6
Lawrence County+5.9%880.2
Miami County+5.9%20200.6
Clay County+5.4%000.0
Jackson County+5.3%188734.0
Harrison County+5.2%94942.3
Brown County+5.1%48393.0
Rush County+5.0%12120.7
Franklin County+4.8%36361.5
Jefferson County+4.8%46461.4
Monroe County+4.7%3722462.6
Shelby County+4.5%89491.9
Elkhart County+4.4%3093071.5
Noble County+4.4%92881.9
Tippecanoe County+4.4%4304062.3
LaGrange County+4.2%1321323.2
Clark County+4.1%4563993.5
Madison County+4.1%101920.7
Marion County+4.1%1,8468131.9
Warrick County+4.1%2331943.5
Morgan County+4.0%1121101.5
Bartholomew County+3.9%2332332.7
Henry County+3.9%31230.6
Whitley County+3.9%72722.1
Allen County+3.8%1,2328793.1
Jasper County+3.8%66661.9
DeKalb County+3.7%98902.2
Floyd County+3.7%1871872.3
Hendricks County+3.7%9997455.2
Huntington County+3.7%55551.5
Fulton County+3.6%16160.8
Kosciusko County+3.6%2651653.3
Steuben County+3.6%1211213.5
Knox County+3.5%43331.2
Warren County+3.5%15151.8
Hamilton County+3.4%4,0471,91610.5
Owen County+3.4%23231.1
Johnson County+3.3%6246053.6
Porter County+3.3%6053543.4
Vermillion County+3.3%110.1
Clinton County+3.2%33331.0
Marshall County+3.1%74741.6
Crawford County+3.0%000.0
Wells County+3.0%51391.8
LaPorte County+2.9%159991.4
St. Joseph County+2.9%4352911.6
Wabash County+2.8%20200.7
Greene County+2.6%000.0
Posey County+2.6%58582.3
Cass County+2.5%12120.3
Vanderburgh County+2.5%3432891.9
Boone County+2.4%4513895.6
Howard County+2.4%4411665.3
Washington County+2.4%34341.2
Hancock County+2.2%3653634.0
Lake County+2.2%1,0088302.0
Fountain County+1.8%330.2
Putnam County+1.8%53511.4
Gibson County+1.7%143974.3
Newton County+1.7%18181.3
White County+1.6%32321.3
Dearborn County+1.5%79651.5
Blackford County+1.4%770.6
Grant County+1.4%80431.2
Spencer County+1.4%42402.1
Dubois County+1.3%93482.1
Vigo County+1.3%212762.0
Daviess County+1.1%600.2
Scott County+1.0%45451.8
Adams County+0.9%69691.9
Decatur County+0.7%50501.9
Wayne County+0.6%104411.6
Delaware County+0.2%46460.4
Sullivan County+0.2%220.1
Ripley County−0.1%80552.7
Jennings County−0.4%34341.2
Jay County−0.7%16160.8
Fayette County−1.9%11110.5
Pulaski County−2.0%15151.2
Ohio County−2.5%881.3
Tipton County−2.9%770.5
Benton County−3.3%10101.1
Parke County−4.2%39332.3
Switzerland County−4.9%57575.7
Pike County−6.7%20181.7
Martin County−11.3%530.5

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.