Pennsylvania in 2011

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

In 2011 the FHFA house price index for Pennsylvania changed −2.4%, against −4.4% for the United States and −2.5% in 2010.

14,967 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (11,790 single-family), −24.2% on 2010; the national total was 624,061.

−2.4%Pennsylvania index, 2010–2011US −4.4%

14,967housing units permitted in 201111,790 single-family

23 of 64counties with a rising indexmedian county −1.3%

624,061units permitted nationally in 2011

Counties in 2011

Ranked by the county index change from 2010 to 2011 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2011; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

County	Index change 2011	Units permitted	Single-family	Per 1,000
Bradford County	+8.1%	87	87	1.5
Potter County	+7.2%	16	16	1.0
Elk County	+5.6%	20	20	0.7
Susquehanna County	+3.9%	56	56	1.5
Tioga County	+3.3%	80	78	2.0
Clarion County	+3.0%	44	29	1.2
Warren County	+3.0%	26	26	0.7
McKean County	+2.8%	21	21	0.5
Montour County	+2.8%	24	24	1.3
Lycoming County	+2.4%	156	76	1.4
Somerset County	+1.9%	46	46	0.6
Union County	+1.7%	37	37	0.9
Bedford County	+1.1%	118	54	2.5
Butler County	+1.1%	509	429	2.5
Crawford County	+0.9%	60	60	0.7
Allegheny County	+0.6%	1,300	1,196	1.1
Fayette County	+0.6%	159	159	1.3
Northumberland County	+0.5%	55	53	0.6
Blair County	+0.4%	75	69	0.6
Lawrence County	+0.4%	35	33	0.4
Beaver County	+0.2%	175	169	1.1
Clearfield County	+0.2%	62	62	0.8
Clinton County	+0.2%	35	27	0.9
Centre County	−0.2%	259	207	1.6
Erie County	−0.2%	311	140	1.2
Washington County	−0.2%	391	359	1.9
Westmoreland County	−0.2%	337	301	1.0
Armstrong County	−0.7%	43	41	0.7
Schuylkill County	−0.7%	101	101	0.7
Indiana County	−0.8%	73	31	0.9
Snyder County	−0.8%	61	57	1.5
Perry County	−1.0%	76	76	1.6
Cumberland County	−1.3%	652	503	2.4
Dauphin County	−1.3%	385	373	1.3
Wyoming County	−1.4%	72	72	2.8
Lebanon County	−1.5%	175	159	1.2
Huntingdon County	−1.6%	75	65	1.7
Cambria County	−1.8%	62	62	0.5
Greene County	−1.8%	37	37	1.1
Lackawanna County	−1.8%	167	148	0.8
Mercer County	−1.9%	86	86	0.8
Columbia County	−2.0%	89	71	1.3
Luzerne County	−2.2%	200	191	0.6
Mifflin County	−2.4%	55	24	1.2
Lancaster County	−2.5%	1,204	731	2.1
Venango County	−2.5%	33	33	0.7
Chester County	−2.6%	934	783	1.7
Jefferson County	−2.9%	61	61	1.4
Montgomery County	−2.9%	909	668	1.0
Philadelphia County	−2.9%	1,552	445	1.0
Bucks County	−3.0%	454	416	0.7
Pike County	−3.7%	108	102	1.7
Juniata County	−3.8%	29	22	1.2
Berks County	−3.9%	306	267	0.7
Carbon County	−3.9%	97	97	1.5
Lehigh County	−4.2%	409	407	1.1
Delaware County	−4.3%	190	190	0.3
York County	−4.5%	638	582	1.3
Northampton County	−4.7%	436	369	1.3
Franklin County	−5.0%	227	211	1.4
Adams County	−5.6%	148	146	1.4
Wayne County	−6.4%	98	98	1.9
Monroe County	−7.0%	197	197	1.2
Fulton County	−7.6%	17	17	1.2
Sullivan County	—	10	10	1.7

Permits by year, 1995–2025

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.