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West Virginia in 1999

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

In 1999 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +1.7%, against +4.3% for the United States and +3.6% in 1998.

4,233 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (3,575 single-family), +10.4% on 1998; the national total was 1,663,533.

+1.7%West Virginia index, 1998–1999US +4.3%
4,233housing units permitted in 19993,575 single-family
15 of 24counties with a rising indexmedian county +1.4%
1,663,533units permitted nationally in 1999
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Counties in 1999

Ranked by the county index change from 1998 to 1999 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 1999; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 1999Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Wood County+4.6%2232012.7
Ohio County+4.0%22200.5
Wayne County+3.8%65651.7
Marion County+3.4%20200.4
Marshall County+3.2%49131.7
Raleigh County+3.2%85801.2
Mercer County+2.8%13130.2
Putnam County+2.0%3042775.3
Randolph County+2.0%39111.5
Cabell County+1.7%183632.0
Kanawha County+1.7%1001000.6
Mineral County+1.5%30630611.4
Berkeley County+1.4%8707926.2
Jefferson County+1.0%4664077.4
Upshur County+0.4%55552.3
Harrison County0.0%2251563.5
Monongalia County−0.1%92240.9
Greenbrier County−0.5%1291294.1
Fayette County−0.9%1251133.3
Nicholas County−0.9%880.3
Hancock County−1.7%87653.1
Brooke County−1.9%24171.1
Jackson County−2.2%53531.9
Wetzel County−3.5%550.4
Barbour County—880.5
Boone County—20201.0
Grant County—84257.6
Hampshire County—1191114.9
Hardy County—1141148.0
Lewis County—770.4
Lincoln County—52522.7
Logan County—2310.8
Mason County—550.2
Mingo County—770.3
Monroe County—110.1
Morgan County—94945.2
Pleasants County—10101.4
Preston County—440.1
Roane County—840.6
Summers County—21211.8
Taylor County—330.2

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in West Virginia by year05,00010,0001995: 3,691 units (2,932 single-family, 759 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 3,616 units (2,908 single-family, 708 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 4,104 units (2,881 single-family, 1,223 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 3,834 units (3,088 single-family, 746 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 4,233 units (3,575 single-family, 658 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 3,763 units (3,295 single-family, 468 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 3,947 units (3,481 single-family, 466 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 4,890 units (4,506 single-family, 384 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 5,133 units (4,667 single-family, 466 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 5,716 units (5,115 single-family, 601 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 6,140 units (5,483 single-family, 657 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 5,645 units (5,160 single-family, 485 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 4,795 units (3,918 single-family, 877 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 3,481 units (2,560 single-family, 921 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 2,235 units (1,966 single-family, 269 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 2,395 units (1,796 single-family, 599 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 2,220 units (1,588 single-family, 632 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 2,718 units (1,763 single-family, 955 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 2,575 units (1,945 single-family, 630 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 2,677 units (1,908 single-family, 769 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 2,814 units (2,029 single-family, 785 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 2,544 units (1,994 single-family, 550 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 2,719 units (2,348 single-family, 371 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 2,887 units (2,341 single-family, 546 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 3,010 units (2,551 single-family, 459 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 3,204 units (2,803 single-family, 401 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 3,692 units (3,112 single-family, 580 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 3,406 units (2,947 single-family, 459 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 4,014 units (3,278 single-family, 736 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 4,192 units (3,515 single-family, 677 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 3,962 units (3,618 single-family, 344 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in West Virginia 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.