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Kansas in 2015

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

In 2015 the FHFA house price index for Kansas changed +3.1%, against +4.4% for the United States and +2.8% in 2014.

8,644 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (5,064 single-family), +15.9% on 2014; the national total was 1,182,582.

+3.1%Kansas index, 2014–2015US +4.4%
8,644housing units permitted in 20155,064 single-family
47 of 71counties with a rising indexmedian county +1.8%
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
Russell County+20.5%330.5
Linn County+16.6%29292.9
Ellsworth County+12.6%220.3
Kingman County+11.2%881.1
Scott County+10.8%440.8
Cloud County+9.7%110.1
Sumner County+7.1%23191.0
Coffey County+6.8%27273.2
Rice County+6.3%16161.7
Mitchell County+6.0%550.9
Wyandotte County+5.9%1791591.0
Jefferson County+5.7%57573.1
Logan County+5.7%000.0
Butler County+5.5%1601392.3
Harvey County+5.4%45411.3
Miami County+5.0%92602.5
Johnson County+4.9%3,0291,6004.8
Pottawatomie County+4.5%1971697.2
Franklin County+4.2%21210.8
Saline County+4.1%82741.5
Jackson County+3.6%57254.2
Nemaha County+3.5%13131.3
Clay County+3.3%991.1
Grant County+2.9%640.9
Finney County+2.8%129653.4
Kearny County+2.8%1283.1
Riley County+2.8%2991714.1
Leavenworth County+2.7%2202122.6
McPherson County+2.6%189546.3
Geary County+2.5%32320.9
Pawnee County+2.3%110.2
Sedgwick County+2.3%1,7859463.3
Douglas County+2.2%8393726.9
Ellis County+2.1%64442.2
Osage County+2.0%24241.5
Shawnee County+1.8%2322301.3
Lyon County+1.5%92182.9
Thomas County+1.5%18182.3
Barton County+1.4%27271.1
Atchison County+0.9%220.1
Ford County+0.9%32320.9
Marion County+0.9%28282.4
Crawford County+0.7%59551.5
Seward County+0.5%1080.5
Haskell County+0.4%000.0
Pratt County+0.3%330.3
Reno County+0.2%147452.4
Cherokee County−0.1%330.2
Labette County−0.4%440.2
Allen County−0.6%29152.4
Marshall County−0.6%990.9
Rooks County−0.8%330.6
Cowley County−0.9%111363.2
Ottawa County−1.1%330.5
Neosho County−1.3%550.3
Dickinson County−1.4%18181.0
Bourbon County−1.7%000.0
Montgomery County−1.9%21210.7
Gray County−2.3%440.7
Sherman County−3.0%000.0
Stevens County−3.4%440.8
Doniphan County−6.2%440.5
Brown County−6.4%110.1
Trego County−6.7%000.0
Rush County−7.2%000.0
Cheyenne County−7.8%000.0
Wabaunsee County−8.2%18182.6
Harper County−10.7%440.7
Anderson County−10.8%000.0
Barber County−13.6%110.2
Meade County−16.5%621.6
Greenwood County—000.0
Morris County—440.7
Wichita County—000.0
Wilson County—000.0

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Kansas by year010,00020,0001995: 12,655 units (8,709 single-family, 3,946 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 14,676 units (10,121 single-family, 4,555 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 13,590 units (9,689 single-family, 3,901 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 15,321 units (10,935 single-family, 4,386 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 15,682 units (11,306 single-family, 4,376 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 12,542 units (9,292 single-family, 3,250 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 14,530 units (10,128 single-family, 4,402 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 12,983 units (10,325 single-family, 2,658 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 15,049 units (11,494 single-family, 3,555 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 13,301 units (11,548 single-family, 1,753 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 14,048 units (11,626 single-family, 2,422 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 14,619 units (11,133 single-family, 3,486 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 11,473 units (8,137 single-family, 3,336 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 8,188 units (5,425 single-family, 2,763 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 6,677 units (4,272 single-family, 2,405 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 5,140 units (3,974 single-family, 1,166 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 5,386 units (3,469 single-family, 1,917 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 6,252 units (4,120 single-family, 2,132 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 8,285 units (5,066 single-family, 3,219 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 7,459 units (4,874 single-family, 2,585 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 8,644 units (5,064 single-family, 3,580 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 9,807 units (5,230 single-family, 4,577 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 8,984 units (6,046 single-family, 2,938 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 9,478 units (5,376 single-family, 4,102 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 7,961 units (5,089 single-family, 2,872 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 8,211 units (5,975 single-family, 2,236 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 9,538 units (6,569 single-family, 2,969 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 9,560 units (5,567 single-family, 3,993 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 9,504 units (4,927 single-family, 4,577 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 9,063 units (5,565 single-family, 3,498 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 10,299 units (6,121 single-family, 4,178 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Kansas 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.