State, one year
New York in 2023
Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.
In 2023 the FHFA house price index for New York changed +8.3%, against +5.7% for the United States and +12.7% in 2022.
48,807 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (9,677 single-family), −8.5% on 2022; the national total was 1,511,102.
Counties in 2023
Ranked by the county index change from 2022 to 2023 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2023; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.
| County | Index change 2023 | Units permitted | Single-family | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming County | +18.9% | 43 | 43 | 1.1 |
| Delaware County | +18.0% | 67 | 67 | 1.5 |
| Livingston County | +17.0% | 62 | 62 | 1.0 |
| Cattaraugus County | +16.7% | 120 | 93 | 1.6 |
| Sullivan County | +15.6% | 428 | 316 | 5.3 |
| Chenango County | +14.5% | 141 | 53 | 3.1 |
| Allegany County | +14.3% | 88 | 88 | 1.9 |
| Montgomery County | +14.2% | 47 | 40 | 0.9 |
| Schoharie County | +14.1% | 34 | 34 | 1.1 |
| Wayne County | +13.1% | 172 | 130 | 1.9 |
| Monroe County | +12.3% | 1,096 | 443 | 1.5 |
| Oswego County | +12.2% | 143 | 139 | 1.2 |
| Onondaga County | +12.0% | 346 | 277 | 0.7 |
| Chautauqua County | +11.8% | 134 | 134 | 1.1 |
| Madison County | +11.8% | 154 | 93 | 2.3 |
| Tompkins County | +11.3% | 343 | 146 | 3.3 |
| Schenectady County | +11.1% | 85 | 73 | 0.5 |
| Saratoga County | +10.9% | 887 | 580 | 3.7 |
| Franklin County | +10.6% | 113 | 113 | 2.4 |
| Genesee County | +10.6% | 52 | 50 | 0.9 |
| Cortland County | +10.5% | 47 | 30 | 1.0 |
| Tioga County | +10.3% | 113 | 68 | 2.4 |
| Columbia County | +10.0% | 117 | 113 | 1.9 |
| Ontario County | +9.7% | 310 | 190 | 2.7 |
| Cayuga County | +9.6% | 130 | 70 | 1.7 |
| Herkimer County | +9.5% | 70 | 70 | 1.2 |
| Oneida County | +9.3% | 182 | 124 | 0.8 |
| Fulton County | +9.2% | 136 | 61 | 2.6 |
| Niagara County | +9.2% | 207 | 204 | 1.0 |
| Broome County | +9.1% | 225 | 52 | 1.1 |
| Albany County | +8.9% | 620 | 184 | 1.9 |
| Erie County | +8.6% | 1,054 | 551 | 1.1 |
| Seneca County | +8.6% | 46 | 46 | 1.4 |
| Rockland County | +8.3% | 399 | 86 | 1.1 |
| Orange County | +8.1% | 1,445 | 399 | 3.5 |
| Ulster County | +8.0% | 344 | 248 | 1.9 |
| Yates County | +7.9% | 67 | 65 | 2.7 |
| Rensselaer County | +7.8% | 281 | 105 | 1.8 |
| Essex County | +7.5% | 197 | 152 | 5.4 |
| Orleans County | +7.3% | 16 | 16 | 0.4 |
| Warren County | +7.2% | 138 | 126 | 2.1 |
| Washington County | +7.2% | 100 | 100 | 1.7 |
| Suffolk County | +7.1% | 1,220 | 1,007 | 0.8 |
| Dutchess County | +6.9% | 785 | 357 | 2.6 |
| Clinton County | +6.6% | 250 | 177 | 3.2 |
| Steuben County | +6.5% | 180 | 152 | 2.0 |
| Schuyler County | +6.2% | 64 | 50 | 3.8 |
| Westchester County | +6.1% | 1,478 | 296 | 1.5 |
| Greene County | +5.8% | 97 | 97 | 2.1 |
| Nassau County | +5.7% | 1,144 | 554 | 0.8 |
| Jefferson County | +5.5% | 194 | 194 | 1.7 |
| Otsego County | +5.5% | 113 | 113 | 1.9 |
| Hamilton County | +4.8% | 48 | 48 | 9.6 |
| Putnam County | +4.0% | 71 | 31 | 0.7 |
| Queens County | +3.9% | 7,931 | 73 | 3.4 |
| Chemung County | +3.3% | 79 | 25 | 1.0 |
| Bronx County | +3.1% | 5,468 | 3 | 3.9 |
| Kings County | +2.3% | 15,076 | 35 | 5.7 |
| St. Lawrence County | +1.8% | 195 | 191 | 1.8 |
| Richmond County | +1.5% | 460 | 121 | 0.9 |
| Lewis County | — | 125 | 119 | 4.7 |
| New York County | — | 3,030 | 0 | 1.8 |
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.