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Washington in 2024

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

In 2024 the FHFA house price index for Washington changed +4.1%, against +4.9% for the United States and +1.2% in 2023.

37,778 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (19,136 single-family), +1.8% on 2023; the national total was 1,478,000.

+4.1%Washington index, 2023–2024US +4.9%
37,778housing units permitted in 202419,136 single-family
34 of 39counties with a rising indexmedian county +3.4%
1,478,000units permitted nationally in 2024
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Counties in 2024

Ranked by the county index change from 2023 to 2024 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2024; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2024Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Ferry County+26.6%20202.7
Okanogan County+10.9%2462185.4
Whatcom County+7.5%1,1907735.0
Stevens County+7.3%3352616.7
Wahkiakum County+7.3%23184.7
Snohomish County+6.5%4,1492,4064.8
Clallam County+5.8%1661422.1
Jefferson County+5.1%1471474.3
Mason County+5.1%2992994.2
King County+4.9%10,5642,3524.5
Lewis County+4.9%2651963.0
Asotin County+4.6%101294.5
Thurston County+4.6%1,2226724.0
Skagit County+4.4%5472654.1
Douglas County+4.3%2302264.9
Pierce County+4.1%3,2071,7313.4
Pend Oreille County+3.9%55553.8
Yakima County+3.9%5154182.0
Island County+3.5%4022974.7
Kitsap County+3.4%1,2949764.6
Grays Harbor County+3.2%2882513.7
Chelan County+3.0%7623329.3
Cowlitz County+2.9%3532973.1
Grant County+2.7%5524635.2
Kittitas County+2.7%4343998.9
Garfield County+2.6%772.9
Benton County+2.5%1,5151,0586.8
Clark County+2.5%3,5942,2016.8
Franklin County+2.5%9744469.5
Spokane County+2.2%3,6261,6216.5
Adams County+2.1%85334.0
Columbia County+1.8%771.7
Walla Walla County+1.0%2051433.3
Pacific County+0.2%94923.9
Whitman County−0.1%44400.9
Klickitat County−0.3%79773.2
Skamania County−0.7%35332.8
Lincoln County−2.2%47473.9
San Juan County−2.6%100885.4

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Washington by year020,00040,00060,0001995: 38,160 units (26,772 single-family, 11,388 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 39,597 units (27,015 single-family, 12,582 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 41,089 units (27,776 single-family, 13,313 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 45,727 units (28,644 single-family, 17,083 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 42,752 units (28,111 single-family, 14,641 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 39,021 units (25,471 single-family, 13,550 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 38,345 units (26,736 single-family, 11,609 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 40,200 units (30,239 single-family, 9,961 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 42,825 units (33,091 single-family, 9,734 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 50,089 units (36,489 single-family, 13,600 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 52,988 units (41,407 single-family, 11,581 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 50,033 units (35,611 single-family, 14,422 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 47,397 units (30,390 single-family, 17,007 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 28,919 units (17,440 single-family, 11,479 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 17,011 units (12,991 single-family, 4,020 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 20,691 units (14,702 single-family, 5,989 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 20,864 units (13,159 single-family, 7,705 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 28,118 units (16,508 single-family, 11,610 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 32,962 units (18,396 single-family, 14,566 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 33,898 units (17,905 single-family, 15,993 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 40,374 units (19,797 single-family, 20,577 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 44,077 units (22,463 single-family, 21,614 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 45,794 units (23,115 single-family, 22,679 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 47,746 units (23,676 single-family, 24,070 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 48,424 units (23,300 single-family, 25,124 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 43,881 units (23,542 single-family, 20,339 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 56,941 units (25,076 single-family, 31,865 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 49,030 units (20,400 single-family, 28,630 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 37,097 units (18,056 single-family, 19,041 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 37,778 units (19,136 single-family, 18,642 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 34,913 units (17,780 single-family, 17,133 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Washington 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.