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Pennsylvania in 2010

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

In 2010 the FHFA house price index for Pennsylvania changed −2.5%, against −5.1% for the United States and −3.3% in 2009.

19,740 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (16,886 single-family), +8.0% on 2009; the national total was 604,610.

−2.5%Pennsylvania index, 2009–2010US −5.1%
19,740housing units permitted in 201016,886 single-family
16 of 64counties with a rising indexmedian county −1.9%
604,610units permitted nationally in 2010
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Counties in 2010

Ranked by the county index change from 2009 to 2010 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2010; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2010Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Tioga County+6.7%99992.4
Mifflin County+1.8%79791.7
Lycoming County+1.7%2071991.8
McKean County+1.3%35350.9
Warren County+1.2%32320.9
Wyoming County+1.1%63612.4
Columbia County+1.0%1231231.9
Union County+1.0%91792.2
Clearfield County+0.6%1241241.6
Montour County+0.6%65653.6
Snyder County+0.6%89752.2
Allegheny County+0.3%1,4241,4071.2
Centre County+0.3%4263472.7
Erie County+0.3%5863692.2
Blair County+0.2%1591121.3
Indiana County+0.2%88741.1
Butler County0.0%5234632.6
Washington County0.0%4714422.2
Clinton County−0.2%31310.8
Northumberland County−0.3%1241221.4
Clarion County−0.4%47471.3
Beaver County−0.5%3373052.0
Westmoreland County−0.5%5604891.6
Fayette County−0.8%2402322.0
Somerset County−0.8%1121081.6
Jefferson County−1.0%81571.9
Bedford County−1.1%108982.3
Greene County−1.3%41411.2
Venango County−1.6%68661.4
Bradford County−1.8%1751712.9
Cambria County−1.8%1171170.9
Elk County−1.8%36361.2
Armstrong County−1.9%60600.9
Cumberland County−2.0%8326203.0
Philadelphia County−2.0%9844470.6
Huntingdon County−2.1%99932.3
Lebanon County−2.2%2402401.6
Luzerne County−2.2%3593571.1
Wayne County−2.3%1961963.8
Delaware County−2.6%3633540.6
Lancaster County−2.6%1,3811,1492.5
Susquehanna County−2.6%73731.9
Juniata County−2.7%41411.8
Dauphin County−2.8%6916062.4
Mercer County−2.8%1521271.4
Montgomery County−2.8%1,0618791.2
Lawrence County−2.9%1051031.3
Chester County−3.0%1,1128392.0
Schuylkill County−3.2%1881861.3
Carbon County−3.3%1491492.3
Bucks County−3.4%4744440.7
Crawford County−3.7%108961.3
Berks County−3.9%4153500.9
Lehigh County−3.9%5894871.5
Perry County−3.9%89891.9
Lackawanna County−4.1%2652471.2
York County−4.1%1,0598582.2
Northampton County−4.2%4783771.5
Pike County−4.2%1891893.0
Adams County−4.6%3062842.8
Monroe County−4.9%2632401.6
Franklin County−6.0%5705133.5
Fulton County−7.2%24241.7
Potter County−9.8%30301.9
Sullivan County—24244.1

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Pennsylvania by year020,00040,00060,0001995: 36,250 units (32,005 single-family, 4,245 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 37,895 units (32,439 single-family, 5,456 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 39,877 units (32,250 single-family, 7,627 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 41,616 units (35,085 single-family, 6,531 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 42,662 units (36,562 single-family, 6,100 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 41,076 units (34,501 single-family, 6,575 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 41,403 units (34,803 single-family, 6,600 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 45,114 units (38,683 single-family, 6,431 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 47,356 units (38,567 single-family, 8,789 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 49,665 units (41,496 single-family, 8,169 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 44,525 units (37,268 single-family, 7,257 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 39,128 units (33,121 single-family, 6,007 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 33,665 units (27,497 single-family, 6,168 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 24,577 units (20,238 single-family, 4,339 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 18,275 units (15,341 single-family, 2,934 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 19,740 units (16,886 single-family, 2,854 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 14,967 units (11,790 single-family, 3,177 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 18,796 units (13,432 single-family, 5,364 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 21,650 units (15,505 single-family, 6,145 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 25,059 units (16,371 single-family, 8,688 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 22,854 units (15,420 single-family, 7,434 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 23,303 units (16,457 single-family, 6,846 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 22,584 units (15,703 single-family, 6,881 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 23,325 units (15,335 single-family, 7,990 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 23,539 units (14,878 single-family, 8,661 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 25,706 units (15,846 single-family, 9,860 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 47,894 units (18,764 single-family, 29,130 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 28,149 units (18,150 single-family, 9,999 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 25,320 units (15,912 single-family, 9,408 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 24,810 units (16,348 single-family, 8,462 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 25,709 units (15,812 single-family, 9,897 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Pennsylvania 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.