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Kansas in 2021

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

In 2021 the FHFA house price index for Kansas changed +10.6%, against +11.6% for the United States and +3.9% in 2020.

9,538 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (6,569 single-family), +16.2% on 2020; the national total was 1,736,982.

+10.6%Kansas index, 2020–2021US +11.6%
9,538housing units permitted in 20216,569 single-family
74 of 75counties with a rising indexmedian county +9.4%
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
Greenwood County+21.9%000.0
Anderson County+19.4%15151.9
Kearny County+18.6%110.3
Scott County+16.8%000.0
Ottawa County+15.7%20203.5
Bourbon County+14.9%800.6
Cheyenne County+14.5%000.0
Wyandotte County+14.3%1791541.0
Allen County+13.9%11110.9
Linn County+13.7%11411411.5
Trego County+13.3%000.0
Sherman County+13.0%220.3
Franklin County+12.8%87853.3
Wabaunsee County+12.7%22223.1
Cherokee County+11.8%660.3
Cowley County+11.8%67381.9
Miami County+11.8%1281003.5
Thomas County+11.8%1662.1
Shawnee County+11.6%5402423.0
Jefferson County+11.5%64643.5
Atchison County+11.4%440.2
Harper County+11.3%220.4
Leavenworth County+11.0%3612994.3
Sedgwick County+11.0%2,1241,3823.9
Ford County+10.9%84622.5
Rice County+10.9%26262.8
Johnson County+10.8%3,6602,3855.7
Saline County+10.7%75751.4
Douglas County+10.5%5182624.3
Rooks County+10.4%110.2
Brown County+10.2%000.0
Nemaha County+10.2%17171.7
Harvey County+10.0%50501.5
Montgomery County+9.9%660.2
Butler County+9.8%1691472.4
Crawford County+9.5%86582.2
Coffey County+9.4%15151.8
Reno County+9.4%62381.0
Doniphan County+9.3%440.5
Finney County+9.1%57491.5
Rush County+9.1%000.0
Sumner County+9.1%41391.8
Pawnee County+8.5%110.2
Kingman County+8.4%18182.6
Lyon County+8.4%73252.3
Marion County+8.3%22221.9
Morris County+8.3%110.2
Geary County+8.2%16160.4
Haskell County+8.2%000.0
Barton County+8.1%440.2
Gray County+8.0%17173.0
Jackson County+8.0%43413.2
Grant County+7.8%220.3
Neosho County+7.8%11110.7
Labette County+7.4%110.1
Osage County+7.4%48483.1
Pottawatomie County+7.4%1801706.6
Wilson County+7.4%770.8
Seward County+7.3%27231.3
Ellis County+6.9%98563.4
Marshall County+6.9%000.0
Pratt County+6.7%110.1
McPherson County+6.3%97813.2
Stevens County+6.2%661.2
Ellsworth County+5.9%62609.9
Riley County+5.6%82801.1
Dickinson County+5.4%26241.4
Logan County+5.4%000.0
Cloud County+3.5%000.0
Clay County+3.1%17172.1
Wichita County+2.6%000.0
Barber County+2.1%000.0
Mitchell County+2.1%110.2
Russell County+1.5%10101.5
Meade County−4.1%110.3

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.