State, one year
Texas in 2022
Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.
In 2022 the FHFA house price index for Texas changed +18.4%, against +15.5% for the United States and +12.6% in 2021.
263,007 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (154,793 single-family), −1.1% on 2021; the national total was 1,680,368.
+18.4%Texas index, 2021–2022US +15.5%
263,007housing units permitted in 2022154,793 single-family
176 of 178counties with a rising indexmedian county +17.6%
1,680,368units permitted nationally in 2022
Counties in 2022
Ranked by the county index change from 2021 to 2022 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2022; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.
| County | Index change 2022 | Units permitted | Single-family | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goliad County | +34.4% | 2 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Delta County | +34.3% | 6 | 6 | 1.1 |
| Llano County | +34.1% | 280 | 272 | 12.0 |
| Freestone County | +32.4% | 9 | 9 | 0.4 |
| Fayette County | +30.2% | 14 | 14 | 0.5 |
| Madison County | +30.2% | 5 | 5 | 0.4 |
| Burnet County | +29.6% | 877 | 871 | 15.4 |
| Falls County | +29.2% | 4 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Lamb County | +29.2% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Milam County | +28.8% | 36 | 36 | 1.4 |
| Houston County | +28.0% | 3 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Pecos County | +26.7% | 26 | 11 | 1.8 |
| Hays County | +26.4% | 5,528 | 4,799 | 18.2 |
| Gillespie County | +26.0% | 11 | 11 | 0.4 |
| Palo Pinto County | +25.6% | 54 | 54 | 1.8 |
| Hopkins County | +25.3% | 48 | 36 | 1.2 |
| Williamson County | +24.8% | 10,007 | 6,435 | 13.3 |
| Leon County | +24.7% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bastrop County | +24.6% | 619 | 617 | 5.2 |
| Somervell County | +24.6% | 15 | 15 | 1.5 |
| Caldwell County | +24.4% | 338 | 285 | 6.1 |
| Comal County | +24.4% | 4,371 | 2,536 | 20.9 |
| Callahan County | +24.3% | 4 | 4 | 0.3 |
| Collin County | +24.3% | 19,161 | 10,415 | 14.8 |
| Cooke County | +24.1% | 114 | 114 | 2.6 |
| Erath County | +24.0% | 212 | 34 | 4.8 |
| Montague County | +24.0% | 64 | 28 | 2.9 |
| Hunt County | +23.8% | 761 | 696 | 6.2 |
| Fannin County | +23.5% | 80 | 63 | 2.0 |
| Rockwall County | +23.5% | 2,519 | 2,497 | 17.9 |
| Hood County | +23.2% | 119 | 119 | 1.7 |
| Kendall County | +23.2% | 325 | 325 | 6.1 |
| Grayson County | +23.0% | 2,220 | 1,498 | 14.5 |
| Kaufman County | +22.9% | 1,353 | 957 | 6.5 |
| Bell County | +22.7% | 3,572 | 2,343 | 8.9 |
| Clay County | +22.4% | 8 | 8 | 0.7 |
| Coryell County | +22.4% | 408 | 298 | 4.8 |
| Cass County | +22.3% | 6 | 6 | 0.2 |
| Johnson County | +22.3% | 2,292 | 1,292 | 10.5 |
| Limestone County | +22.3% | 20 | 12 | 0.9 |
| Parker County | +22.3% | 904 | 750 | 4.9 |
| Young County | +22.3% | 5 | 5 | 0.3 |
| Ellis County | +22.2% | 2,738 | 2,330 | 11.4 |
| Wood County | +21.9% | 70 | 70 | 1.4 |
| Shelby County | +21.6% | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Travis County | +21.6% | 25,870 | 7,579 | 18.6 |
| Aransas County | +21.5% | 197 | 197 | 7.5 |
| Denton County | +21.4% | 12,285 | 8,125 | 11.5 |
| Mills County | +21.3% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Morris County | +21.2% | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Tarrant County | +21.0% | 18,198 | 10,605 | 8.1 |
| Bandera County | +20.9% | 3 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Burleson County | +20.9% | 38 | 38 | 1.8 |
| Fort Bend County | +20.8% | 12,434 | 8,917 | 12.8 |
| Grimes County | +20.8% | 119 | 115 | 3.5 |
| Van Zandt County | +20.8% | 64 | 34 | 1.0 |
| Bosque County | +20.7% | 10 | 8 | 0.5 |
| Montgomery County | +20.7% | 15,188 | 11,818 | 19.4 |
| McLennan County | +20.6% | 1,389 | 950 | 5.1 |
| Rains County | +20.6% | 13 | 13 | 1.0 |
| Kerr County | +20.4% | 165 | 84 | 3.1 |
| Wise County | +20.4% | 441 | 198 | 5.3 |
| Atascosa County | +20.0% | 70 | 68 | 1.3 |
| Lampasas County | +19.9% | 36 | 36 | 1.5 |
| Smith County | +19.9% | 830 | 701 | 3.3 |
| Dallas County | +19.8% | 17,275 | 5,820 | 6.5 |
| Panola County | +19.8% | 11 | 11 | 0.5 |
| Hill County | +19.7% | 61 | 59 | 1.5 |
| Cherokee County | +19.6% | 47 | 47 | 0.9 |
| Washington County | +19.6% | 181 | 181 | 4.7 |
| Navarro County | +19.2% | 607 | 607 | 10.6 |
| Gregg County | +19.1% | 437 | 275 | 3.5 |
| Hamilton County | +19.0% | 22 | 16 | 2.5 |
| Lamar County | +18.9% | 91 | 57 | 1.8 |
| Sabine County | +18.9% | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Camp County | +18.8% | 8 | 8 | 0.6 |
| Guadalupe County | +18.8% | 2,044 | 1,566 | 10.2 |
| Hockley County | +18.8% | 11 | 11 | 0.5 |
| Cameron County | +18.5% | 2,506 | 1,937 | 5.8 |
| Robertson County | +18.3% | 46 | 46 | 2.6 |
| Wilson County | +18.1% | 107 | 105 | 1.9 |
| Henderson County | +18.0% | 554 | 300 | 6.3 |
| Uvalde County | +18.0% | 30 | 17 | 1.2 |
| Hidalgo County | +17.9% | 5,951 | 3,874 | 6.5 |
| Starr County | +17.9% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Galveston County | +17.8% | 2,332 | 1,968 | 6.3 |
| Blanco County | +17.7% | 24 | 24 | 1.8 |
| Angelina County | +17.6% | 147 | 141 | 1.7 |
| Bexar County | +17.6% | 17,389 | 5,593 | 8.1 |
| Bowie County | +17.6% | 109 | 94 | 1.2 |
| Austin County | +17.0% | 178 | 178 | 5.3 |
| El Paso County | +17.0% | 2,465 | 2,146 | 2.8 |
| Lee County | +17.0% | 37 | 37 | 2.0 |
| Trinity County | +16.9% | 4 | 4 | 0.3 |
| Brazos County | +16.8% | 1,691 | 1,461 | 6.8 |
| Maverick County | +16.8% | 101 | 79 | 1.7 |
| Jack County | +16.5% | 8 | 8 | 0.8 |
| Upshur County | +16.3% | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Val Verde County | +16.2% | 143 | 131 | 3.0 |
| Hansford County | +16.1% | 1 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Victoria County | +16.1% | 202 | 202 | 2.2 |
| Nacogdoches County | +16.0% | 36 | 36 | 0.5 |
| Wichita County | +16.0% | 329 | 113 | 2.5 |
| Medina County | +15.8% | 27 | 27 | 0.5 |
| Waller County | +15.7% | 231 | 90 | 3.3 |
| Brown County | +15.6% | 119 | 115 | 3.1 |
| Ochiltree County | +15.6% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| San Jacinto County | +15.6% | 586 | 586 | 19.9 |
| Chambers County | +15.5% | 745 | 745 | 12.9 |
| Taylor County | +15.2% | 794 | 468 | 5.3 |
| Lubbock County | +15.0% | 3,275 | 2,321 | 10.0 |
| Polk County | +15.0% | 987 | 969 | 18.5 |
| Anderson County | +14.9% | 187 | 30 | 3.1 |
| Potter County | +14.9% | 758 | 678 | 6.6 |
| Brazoria County | +14.7% | 4,178 | 4,174 | 10.0 |
| Brewster County | +14.6% | 7 | 7 | 0.7 |
| Eastland County | +14.6% | 25 | 20 | 1.4 |
| Live Oak County | +14.6% | 6 | 6 | 0.5 |
| McCulloch County | +14.5% | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Rusk County | +14.5% | 8 | 8 | 0.1 |
| Titus County | +14.5% | 16 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Randall County | +14.4% | 175 | 91 | 1.1 |
| Archer County | +14.2% | 41 | 41 | 4.5 |
| Webb County | +14.1% | 1,272 | 1,170 | 4.5 |
| Nueces County | +13.9% | 1,522 | 1,517 | 4.3 |
| Deaf Smith County | +13.8% | 54 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Liberty County | +13.8% | 1,558 | 1,558 | 12.8 |
| Harrison County | +13.6% | 298 | 66 | 4.1 |
| Franklin County | +13.5% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matagorda County | +13.5% | 225 | 219 | 6.2 |
| Runnels County | +13.5% | 7 | 7 | 0.7 |
| Tom Green County | +13.3% | 322 | 322 | 2.7 |
| Walker County | +13.2% | 815 | 721 | 9.7 |
| Jim Wells County | +13.0% | 6 | 6 | 0.2 |
| Jones County | +13.0% | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Terry County | +13.0% | 2 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Orange County | +12.9% | 196 | 180 | 2.3 |
| Sherman County | +12.6% | 17 | 17 | 6.1 |
| Harris County | +12.3% | 38,789 | 18,158 | 7.7 |
| Comanche County | +12.2% | 4 | 2 | 0.3 |
| DeWitt County | +12.1% | 22 | 22 | 1.1 |
| Wharton County | +12.0% | 160 | 156 | 3.8 |
| Lavaca County | +11.8% | 11 | 11 | 0.5 |
| Stephens County | +11.8% | 6 | 6 | 0.6 |
| Carson County | +11.4% | 47 | 47 | 8.1 |
| Dallam County | +11.4% | 9 | 9 | 1.2 |
| Tyler County | +11.2% | 4 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Wilbarger County | +11.1% | 68 | 4 | 5.4 |
| Hardin County | +11.0% | 508 | 508 | 8.7 |
| Gray County | +10.9% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gaines County | +10.8% | 11 | 11 | 0.5 |
| Colorado County | +10.7% | 29 | 29 | 1.4 |
| Hale County | +10.7% | 12 | 12 | 0.4 |
| Jefferson County | +10.7% | 664 | 650 | 2.6 |
| San Patricio County | +10.1% | 378 | 378 | 5.2 |
| Bee County | +9.5% | 13 | 13 | 0.4 |
| Moore County | +9.5% | 36 | 36 | 1.6 |
| Lynn County | +9.4% | 1 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Gonzales County | +9.0% | 8 | 8 | 0.4 |
| Hutchinson County | +8.9% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hartley County | +8.3% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Howard County | +8.0% | 16 | 16 | 0.5 |
| Jasper County | +8.0% | 32 | 28 | 1.0 |
| Kleberg County | +7.3% | 27 | 22 | 0.9 |
| Andrews County | +6.6% | 24 | 24 | 1.3 |
| Parmer County | +6.6% | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Calhoun County | +6.5% | 136 | 136 | 6.9 |
| Midland County | +5.6% | 593 | 593 | 3.2 |
| Jackson County | +5.5% | 4 | 4 | 0.3 |
| Dawson County | +4.2% | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Ector County | +3.3% | 888 | 888 | 5.1 |
| Nolan County | +2.9% | 4 | 4 | 0.3 |
| Ward County | +2.3% | 4 | 4 | 0.4 |
| Marion County | +2.0% | 5 | 5 | 0.5 |
| Swisher County | +1.9% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Scurry County | +1.4% | 2 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Martin County | −0.6% | 1 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Hemphill County | −10.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yoakum County | — | 7 | 7 | 0.9 |
Permits by year, 1995–2025
Housing units authorised in Texas 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.