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West Virginia in 2003

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

In 2003 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +1.9%, against +4.5% for the United States and +2.2% in 2002.

5,133 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (4,667 single-family), +5.0% on 2002; the national total was 1,889,214.

+1.9%West Virginia index, 2002–2003US +4.5%
5,133housing units permitted in 20034,667 single-family
28 of 35counties with a rising indexmedian county +1.9%
1,889,214units permitted nationally in 2003
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Counties in 2003

Ranked by the county index change from 2002 to 2003 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2003; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2003Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Upshur County+8.3%1061064.5
Jefferson County+6.7%81080012.8
Lewis County+6.6%440.2
Berkeley County+5.8%1,5301,43811.0
Brooke County+5.1%23231.1
Greenbrier County+5.0%1111063.5
Hampshire County+4.6%1711717.1
Hancock County+4.5%100483.6
Mingo County+4.3%550.2
Morgan County+4.3%19719710.9
Monongalia County+3.7%89260.8
Marshall County+3.6%990.3
Mineral County+3.3%1101104.1
Ohio County+2.4%23230.6
Jackson County+2.2%56562.0
Wetzel County+2.2%660.4
Mason County+2.0%14140.6
Raleigh County+1.9%2111582.9
Cabell County+1.8%41290.4
Kanawha County+1.7%139510.8
Randolph County+1.6%34341.3
Harrison County+1.5%1291252.0
Roane County+1.5%000.0
Nicholas County+1.3%4081.7
Putnam County+1.3%2552454.5
Wayne County+1.1%56561.5
Mercer County+0.9%17170.3
Marion County+0.1%22220.4
Wood County−0.1%1671582.0
Fayette County−0.8%1481483.9
Logan County−1.1%940.3
Taylor County−1.2%660.4
Preston County−1.8%110.0
Boone County−2.3%880.4
Lincoln County−2.6%33331.7
Barbour County—10100.6
Grant County—12811311.6
Hardy County—1181188.2
Monroe County—110.1
Pleasants County—771.0
Summers County—40403.5

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.