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Kansas in 2018

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

In 2018 the FHFA house price index for Kansas changed +4.9%, against +5.7% for the United States and +4.4% in 2017.

9,478 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (5,376 single-family), +5.5% on 2017; the national total was 1,328,827.

+4.9%Kansas index, 2017–2018US +5.7%
9,478housing units permitted in 20185,376 single-family
51 of 74counties with a rising indexmedian county +2.9%
1,328,827units permitted nationally in 2018
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Counties in 2018

Ranked by the county index change from 2017 to 2018 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2018; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2018Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Doniphan County+24.2%881.1
Barber County+21.6%000.0
Meade County+15.6%110.3
Linn County+11.0%45454.5
Labette County+9.9%770.4
Wyandotte County+9.4%2321741.4
Cherokee County+9.3%27251.4
Brown County+9.0%110.1
Rush County+9.0%000.0
Bourbon County+8.5%220.1
Pawnee County+8.4%000.0
Sumner County+7.9%27211.2
Miami County+7.7%85812.3
Franklin County+7.5%85493.2
Morris County+7.4%550.9
Johnson County+7.0%4,5041,7667.1
Leavenworth County+7.0%3093093.7
Jefferson County+6.8%70563.8
McPherson County+5.8%56561.9
Mitchell County+5.8%881.4
Douglas County+5.5%8234196.8
Cheyenne County+5.4%220.8
Nemaha County+5.4%990.9
Dickinson County+5.3%22201.2
Lyon County+5.0%33331.0
Sedgwick County+4.9%1,7101,0123.2
Wichita County+4.7%000.0
Coffey County+4.5%27273.2
Harvey County+4.4%34341.0
Crawford County+4.1%97952.5
Kearny County+4.1%000.0
Finney County+4.0%48481.3
Greenwood County+3.8%220.3
Shawnee County+3.8%2012011.1
Wilson County+3.3%440.5
Wabaunsee County+3.1%12121.7
Grant County+3.0%220.3
Butler County+2.9%1761472.5
Saline County+2.9%38340.7
Cowley County+2.8%34281.0
Reno County+2.5%64351.0
Pottawatomie County+2.2%1431435.3
Russell County+2.0%10101.5
Sherman County+1.8%000.0
Allen County+1.6%18181.5
Atchison County+1.5%750.4
Scott County+1.5%330.6
Ellsworth County+1.3%110.2
Ford County+1.0%40361.2
Osage County+0.6%49413.1
Riley County+0.1%98901.3
Cloud County0.0%000.0
Jackson County0.0%24201.8
Ellis County−0.2%31291.1
Seward County−0.2%33171.6
Kingman County−0.3%1191.6
Marion County−0.8%10100.9
Stevens County−1.3%000.0
Geary County−1.5%12120.3
Anderson County−1.6%18182.2
Barton County−2.4%11110.4
Montgomery County−2.8%220.1
Haskell County−3.0%000.0
Thomas County−3.1%550.6
Clay County−3.3%53536.6
Trego County−3.6%000.0
Gray County−4.6%881.4
Ottawa County−5.4%881.4
Pratt County−5.6%000.0
Neosho County−5.8%330.2
Rice County−6.4%991.0
Logan County−11.5%000.0
Marshall County−12.4%630.6
Rooks County−13.6%220.4
Harper County—110.2

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.