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Kansas in 2017

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

In 2017 the FHFA house price index for Kansas changed +4.4%, against +5.4% for the United States and +4.0% in 2016.

8,984 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (6,046 single-family), −8.4% on 2016; the national total was 1,281,977.

+4.4%Kansas index, 2016–2017US +5.4%
8,984housing units permitted in 20176,046 single-family
50 of 74counties with a rising indexmedian county +2.3%
1,281,977units permitted nationally in 2017
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Counties in 2017

Ranked by the county index change from 2016 to 2017 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2017; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2017Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Morris County+17.3%771.3
Greenwood County+15.6%110.2
Neosho County+12.9%330.2
Marshall County+12.6%330.3
Russell County+11.9%25253.8
Trego County+11.9%000.0
Rice County+11.0%660.6
Wilson County+10.9%440.5
Harper County+10.3%000.0
Gray County+10.2%771.2
Kingman County+10.0%991.3
Osage County+9.2%28281.8
Wyandotte County+7.5%3112851.8
Johnson County+7.3%3,4702,0455.4
Franklin County+7.2%38341.4
Wabaunsee County+7.2%24243.4
Jackson County+7.0%14141.0
Miami County+6.2%1511014.2
Kearny County+5.7%000.0
Thomas County+5.4%440.5
Jefferson County+5.3%51512.8
Logan County+5.1%110.4
Leavenworth County+4.7%2572573.0
Linn County+4.6%52525.2
Shawnee County+3.8%2182101.2
Ford County+3.7%47431.4
Sumner County+3.7%31281.4
Lyon County+3.6%87372.7
Bourbon County+3.5%880.6
Sedgwick County+3.4%2,3331,3044.3
Douglas County+3.2%3062882.5
Saline County+3.0%87571.6
Pottawatomie County+2.8%2091837.7
Ellsworth County+2.5%330.5
Labette County+2.5%550.3
Atchison County+2.3%440.2
Butler County+2.3%2071743.0
Finney County+2.3%33290.9
Coffey County+2.2%33333.9
Riley County+2.1%1721212.4
Allen County+1.9%990.7
Rooks County+1.7%110.2
McPherson County+1.6%63612.1
Harvey County+1.1%1511194.5
Reno County+1.0%40400.6
Marion County+0.9%20201.7
Ellis County+0.7%75462.6
Pratt County+0.7%110.1
Haskell County+0.2%000.0
Cherokee County+0.1%310.2
Crawford County−0.1%58561.5
Cowley County−0.3%39331.1
Wichita County−0.3%000.0
Scott County−0.4%661.2
Sherman County−0.5%000.0
Dickinson County−0.6%17170.9
Nemaha County−0.6%12121.2
Barber County−1.2%000.0
Grant County−1.2%220.3
Barton County−2.2%76123.1
Cloud County−2.2%000.0
Clay County−2.3%660.8
Geary County−2.8%12120.3
Seward County−2.8%28141.3
Montgomery County−2.9%990.3
Stevens County−3.4%110.2
Ottawa County−6.2%12122.1
Brown County−6.5%220.2
Anderson County−6.7%12121.5
Cheyenne County−6.8%000.0
Mitchell County−9.2%661.1
Doniphan County−12.1%550.7
Meade County−14.0%220.5
Pawnee County−14.7%330.5
Rush 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.