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Kansas in 2020

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

In 2020 the FHFA house price index for Kansas changed +3.9%, against +3.0% for the United States and +4.0% in 2019.

8,211 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (5,975 single-family), +3.1% on 2019; the national total was 1,471,141.

+3.9%Kansas index, 2019–2020US +3.0%
8,211housing units permitted in 20205,975 single-family
62 of 75counties with a rising indexmedian county +3.2%
1,471,141units permitted nationally in 2020
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Counties in 2020

Ranked by the county index change from 2019 to 2020 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2020; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2020Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Morris County+18.9%440.7
Haskell County+10.9%000.0
Labette County+10.8%660.3
Cloud County+9.9%000.0
Cherokee County+9.1%19171.0
Clay County+8.1%12121.5
Kingman County+7.9%24243.4
Wyandotte County+7.9%2121941.2
Russell County+7.7%440.6
Ellsworth County+7.4%12121.9
Gray County+7.2%991.6
Meade County+7.2%110.3
Ottawa County+7.0%991.6
Sherman County+6.9%000.0
Neosho County+6.7%1080.6
Rooks County+6.5%110.2
Scott County+6.5%220.4
Osage County+6.4%46422.9
Rice County+6.0%770.8
Sedgwick County+5.5%1,6371,2463.0
Pawnee County+5.4%110.2
Lyon County+5.2%40321.2
Butler County+4.6%3082324.4
Cowley County+4.6%43351.3
Johnson County+4.5%3,0801,9284.8
Marion County+4.5%16161.4
Shawnee County+4.5%3852272.2
Douglas County+4.4%4142873.4
Leavenworth County+4.4%3562814.2
Geary County+4.2%16160.4
Dickinson County+4.0%24241.3
Linn County+4.0%65656.5
Miami County+3.9%85852.3
Doniphan County+3.8%991.2
Ford County+3.4%87812.6
Jackson County+3.3%31312.3
Brown County+3.2%220.2
Ellis County+3.2%53451.8
Franklin County+3.2%85793.2
Finney County+3.0%74742.0
Jefferson County+2.9%71693.9
Atchison County+2.8%440.2
Pratt County+2.8%000.0
Riley County+2.7%225623.1
Saline County+2.7%61551.1
Sumner County+2.6%29291.3
Harper County+2.5%220.4
Stevens County+1.9%551.0
Kearny County+1.8%310.8
Crawford County+1.7%89872.3
Thomas County+1.7%110.1
Harvey County+1.5%50461.5
Reno County+1.5%39370.6
Wilson County+1.5%13131.6
Barton County+1.3%990.4
McPherson County+1.3%1151113.8
Coffey County+1.1%32323.8
Nemaha County+1.0%770.7
Logan County+0.8%551.9
Seward County+0.5%21171.0
Wichita County+0.5%000.0
Trego County+0.3%110.4
Allen County0.0%880.7
Pottawatomie County0.0%1641586.0
Grant County−0.2%220.3
Montgomery County−0.8%330.1
Anderson County−3.1%18182.2
Wabaunsee County−3.2%11111.6
Marshall County−3.4%330.3
Bourbon County−3.7%110.1
Cheyenne County−5.0%000.0
Mitchell County−5.5%110.2
Rush County−7.8%000.0
Greenwood County−12.9%110.2
Barber County−17.7%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.