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Indiana in 2016

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

In 2016 the FHFA house price index for Indiana changed +3.5%, against +5.3% for the United States and +3.3% in 2015.

18,713 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (14,068 single-family), +1.2% on 2015; the national total was 1,206,642.

+3.5%Indiana index, 2015–2016US +5.3%
18,713housing units permitted in 201614,068 single-family
83 of 92counties with a rising indexmedian county +3.3%
1,206,642units permitted nationally in 2016
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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.

CountyIndex change 2016Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Jay County+9.4%21191.0
Scott County+7.4%22220.9
Warren County+7.2%21212.5
Greene County+7.1%000.0
Tipton County+7.0%770.5
Benton County+6.8%991.0
Boone County+6.1%4334155.4
Jennings County+6.1%37371.3
Adams County+5.7%24120.7
Parke County+5.5%41362.5
Daviess County+5.3%400.1
Hancock County+5.3%4874075.4
Elkhart County+5.2%3543481.7
Hamilton County+5.2%2,5532,1616.6
Clinton County+5.0%26260.8
Washington County+5.0%33331.2
Gibson County+4.9%149854.5
Wayne County+4.8%107351.6
Allen County+4.7%1,3389363.3
Noble County+4.7%1111052.3
St. Joseph County+4.7%2912231.1
Johnson County+4.6%6886663.9
Marion County+4.5%1,9959272.0
Fayette County+4.4%550.2
LaGrange County+4.4%1281283.1
Dubois County+4.3%65591.5
Pulaski County+4.3%15151.2
Steuben County+4.3%1331253.8
Decatur County+4.2%47471.8
Fountain County+4.2%4732.8
Montgomery County+4.2%46461.2
Howard County+4.1%3181163.8
Starke County+4.1%49492.1
Crawford County+4.0%000.0
Putnam County+3.9%58521.5
Dearborn County+3.8%120882.3
DeKalb County+3.8%1511513.4
Perry County+3.7%30301.5
Ripley County+3.7%109793.7
Clark County+3.6%5374764.1
Delaware County+3.6%124821.1
Floyd County+3.5%2582583.1
Harrison County+3.5%1321323.3
Hendricks County+3.5%1,2328946.4
Monroe County+3.4%4652563.2
Tippecanoe County+3.4%5614292.9
Jackson County+3.3%191664.0
Kosciusko County+3.3%2811713.5
Morgan County+3.3%1121121.5
Whitley County+3.3%1361023.9
Miami County+3.1%17170.5
LaPorte County+3.0%108921.0
Wells County+3.0%62382.1
Lawrence County+2.9%18140.4
Bartholomew County+2.8%3003003.5
Sullivan County+2.8%220.1
Vanderburgh County+2.7%4263222.3
Clay County+2.6%660.2
Lake County+2.6%1,1221,0342.2
Pike County+2.5%20201.7
Warrick County+2.4%4392396.6
Porter County+2.3%6124123.5
Rush County+2.3%11110.7
Vigo County+2.3%406623.8
Huntington County+2.0%71711.9
Jasper County+1.9%79692.3
Marshall County+1.9%85851.8
Posey County+1.9%36361.4
Jefferson County+1.8%33331.0
Ohio County+1.8%11111.8
Switzerland County+1.8%57575.7
Union County+1.8%12121.7
Madison County+1.7%98870.7
Shelby County+1.6%72621.6
Wabash County+1.6%28280.9
White County+1.5%40401.6
Randolph County+1.2%20200.8
Franklin County+1.1%38381.6
Owen County+1.0%36361.6
Grant County+0.8%46460.7
Henry County+0.8%51271.0
Brown County+0.6%45452.9
Fulton County+0.6%10100.5
Knox County−0.1%45391.3
Spencer County−0.6%53492.6
Cass County−0.9%17170.4
Carroll County−2.4%57572.8
Vermillion County−2.4%000.0
Newton County−2.6%16161.1
Orange County−3.5%330.2
Martin County−5.2%000.0
Blackford County−6.0%440.3

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.