State, one year
New York in 2021
Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.
In 2021 the FHFA house price index for New York changed +9.4%, against +11.6% for the United States and +3.4% in 2020.
40,135 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (11,099 single-family), +7.5% on 2020; the national total was 1,736,982.
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.
| County | Index change 2021 | Units permitted | Single-family | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan County | +18.3% | 416 | 296 | 5.2 |
| Ulster County | +18.2% | 342 | 312 | 1.9 |
| Delaware County | +18.1% | 83 | 83 | 1.9 |
| Columbia County | +15.8% | 101 | 101 | 1.7 |
| Greene County | +15.6% | 107 | 107 | 2.3 |
| Orange County | +14.4% | 1,760 | 565 | 4.2 |
| Dutchess County | +14.0% | 522 | 374 | 1.7 |
| Niagara County | +14.0% | 205 | 178 | 1.0 |
| Montgomery County | +13.9% | 110 | 53 | 2.2 |
| Fulton County | +13.2% | 70 | 70 | 1.3 |
| Orleans County | +13.1% | 31 | 31 | 0.8 |
| Monroe County | +12.4% | 1,067 | 623 | 1.4 |
| Erie County | +12.3% | 1,348 | 802 | 1.4 |
| Schenectady County | +12.2% | 437 | 72 | 2.7 |
| Cortland County | +11.4% | 43 | 35 | 0.9 |
| Oswego County | +11.4% | 139 | 139 | 1.2 |
| Essex County | +11.3% | 241 | 178 | 6.6 |
| Onondaga County | +11.3% | 459 | 303 | 1.0 |
| Cayuga County | +11.2% | 72 | 72 | 1.0 |
| Cattaraugus County | +11.1% | 128 | 112 | 1.7 |
| Wayne County | +11.1% | 137 | 121 | 1.5 |
| Rensselaer County | +11.0% | 230 | 136 | 1.4 |
| Madison County | +10.9% | 95 | 95 | 1.4 |
| Suffolk County | +10.7% | 1,459 | 1,258 | 0.9 |
| Herkimer County | +10.6% | 79 | 62 | 1.3 |
| Schoharie County | +10.6% | 55 | 55 | 1.8 |
| Oneida County | +10.5% | 377 | 98 | 1.7 |
| Ontario County | +10.5% | 437 | 313 | 3.9 |
| Franklin County | +10.4% | 92 | 92 | 2.0 |
| Broome County | +10.1% | 336 | 57 | 1.7 |
| Livingston County | +10.1% | 34 | 34 | 0.6 |
| Clinton County | +10.0% | 172 | 103 | 2.2 |
| Seneca County | +10.0% | 40 | 40 | 1.2 |
| Warren County | +10.0% | 280 | 152 | 4.3 |
| Schuyler County | +9.9% | 80 | 76 | 4.7 |
| Tompkins County | +9.9% | 644 | 107 | 6.2 |
| Putnam County | +9.8% | 67 | 59 | 0.7 |
| Saratoga County | +9.7% | 1,086 | 805 | 4.5 |
| Genesee County | +9.6% | 93 | 36 | 1.6 |
| Wyoming County | +9.5% | 39 | 39 | 1.0 |
| Chautauqua County | +9.3% | 88 | 88 | 0.7 |
| Albany County | +9.1% | 889 | 317 | 2.8 |
| Otsego County | +9.1% | 182 | 118 | 3.0 |
| Allegany County | +9.0% | 34 | 34 | 0.7 |
| Rockland County | +8.9% | 486 | 113 | 1.4 |
| Hamilton County | +8.7% | 46 | 46 | 9.2 |
| Washington County | +8.6% | 104 | 104 | 1.8 |
| Tioga County | +8.4% | 163 | 83 | 3.4 |
| Chenango County | +8.2% | 211 | 57 | 4.6 |
| St. Lawrence County | +8.2% | 253 | 251 | 2.4 |
| Westchester County | +7.3% | 2,319 | 311 | 2.3 |
| Jefferson County | +7.2% | 161 | 161 | 1.4 |
| Steuben County | +7.2% | 118 | 116 | 1.3 |
| Nassau County | +7.0% | 1,365 | 753 | 1.0 |
| Chemung County | +6.2% | 138 | 22 | 1.7 |
| Lewis County | +5.8% | 74 | 72 | 2.8 |
| Yates County | +5.8% | 68 | 58 | 2.8 |
| Bronx County | +5.5% | 5,348 | 0 | 3.8 |
| Queens County | +4.2% | 4,087 | 52 | 1.7 |
| Richmond County | +4.1% | 310 | 86 | 0.6 |
| Kings County | +3.2% | 7,013 | 12 | 2.6 |
| New York County | −13.4% | 3,165 | 1 | 1.9 |
Permits by year, 1995–2025
Housing units authorised in New York 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.