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Indiana in 2021

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

In 2021 the FHFA house price index for Indiana changed +12.0%, against +11.6% for the United States and +4.1% in 2020.

29,860 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (22,225 single-family), +19.8% on 2020; the national total was 1,736,982.

+12.0%Indiana index, 2020–2021US +11.6%
29,860housing units permitted in 202122,225 single-family
92 of 92counties with a rising indexmedian county +11.8%
1,736,982units permitted nationally in 2021
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Counties in 2021

Ranked by the county index change from 2020 to 2021 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2021; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2021Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Orange County+20.9%1080.5
Fountain County+18.2%73144.3
Martin County+15.8%330.3
Montgomery County+15.3%79792.0
Wells County+14.4%56561.9
Carroll County+14.3%50502.4
Jennings County+14.3%53531.9
Lawrence County+14.0%33330.7
Fayette County+13.9%27271.1
Allen County+13.8%1,8631,6884.6
Jefferson County+13.6%65632.0
Johnson County+13.6%1,4601,0988.4
Delaware County+13.5%1131001.0
Madison County+13.5%2932872.2
Daviess County+13.4%39251.1
Fulton County+13.4%42422.1
Jackson County+13.4%99872.1
Morgan County+13.4%4043925.4
Pulaski County+13.4%17171.4
Rush County+13.4%23231.4
Sullivan County+13.4%660.3
LaGrange County+13.3%1381383.3
Huntington County+13.2%73732.0
Pike County+13.2%000.0
Greene County+13.0%000.0
Ohio County+13.0%26264.3
Switzerland County+13.0%76767.6
Marshall County+12.9%2451075.3
Tippecanoe County+12.8%1,1294975.9
Hancock County+12.7%1,5971,15717.6
Putnam County+12.7%1511454.0
Marion County+12.6%2,2511,2732.3
Porter County+12.3%6536353.7
Cass County+12.2%31310.8
Clark County+12.2%1,62690012.5
Franklin County+12.2%78783.3
St. Joseph County+12.2%3643611.3
Clinton County+12.1%53531.6
Newton County+12.1%42423.0
Noble County+12.1%1331332.8
Lake County+12.0%1,7551,7353.5
Scott County+12.0%77773.1
Steuben County+12.0%1451434.2
Warrick County+12.0%3743125.6
Whitley County+12.0%1151113.3
Floyd County+11.8%2482483.0
Starke County+11.8%80803.4
Vanderburgh County+11.8%8706324.8
Elkhart County+11.7%4583892.2
Harrison County+11.7%1561563.9
Hamilton County+11.6%4,8063,44712.4
Jasper County+11.6%1651614.9
Vermillion County+11.6%27271.7
Dearborn County+11.5%1271272.5
DeKalb County+11.5%1381383.1
Bartholomew County+11.4%2312312.7
Henry County+11.4%48401.0
Kosciusko County+11.4%3692654.6
Shelby County+11.4%1311232.9
Monroe County+11.3%2,05322514.3
Hendricks County+11.2%1,3701,3607.1
White County+11.1%42421.7
Owen County+11.0%33291.5
Wabash County+11.0%45371.5
LaPorte County+10.6%1381361.2
Decatur County+10.5%1291294.9
Perry County+10.4%37371.9
Howard County+10.3%1901882.3
Union County+10.3%881.2
Adams County+10.2%80782.2
Ripley County+10.2%99973.4
Boone County+10.1%90078911.2
Blackford County+10.0%330.3
Tipton County+10.0%32322.1
Grant County+9.8%32320.5
Vigo County+9.8%37190.3
Clay County+9.6%14120.5
Posey County+9.6%47471.9
Brown County+9.5%88885.6
Warren County+9.3%30303.5
Wayne County+9.3%54520.8
Dubois County+9.2%121612.7
Miami County+9.2%18180.5
Spencer County+9.1%62623.1
Knox County+8.9%43431.2
Washington County+8.5%49491.7
Crawford County+8.4%330.3
Gibson County+8.3%1841165.6
Benton County+8.2%330.3
Randolph County+7.8%19190.8
Parke County+7.1%86465.2
Jay County+7.0%17170.8

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.