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West Virginia in 2004

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

In 2004 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +5.7%, against +9.2% for the United States and +1.9% in 2003.

5,716 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (5,115 single-family), +11.4% on 2003; the national total was 2,070,077.

+5.7%West Virginia index, 2003–2004US +9.2%
5,716housing units permitted in 20045,115 single-family
34 of 39counties with a rising indexmedian county +4.1%
2,070,077units permitted nationally in 2004
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Counties in 2004

Ranked by the county index change from 2003 to 2004 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2004; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2004Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Jefferson County+17.7%5405408.6
Berkeley County+16.8%1,8111,61613.0
Hardy County+16.3%1171178.2
Morgan County+16.2%23823813.2
Marion County+9.9%25250.4
Preston County+9.2%220.1
Lewis County+9.0%000.0
Monongalia County+8.8%120271.1
Logan County+8.6%940.3
Randolph County+8.1%20200.7
Pleasants County+7.1%15152.0
Mineral County+6.3%1111114.1
Mingo County+6.2%220.1
Marshall County+5.8%11110.4
Mercer County+5.7%17170.3
Boone County+5.5%1581447.8
Nicholas County+5.5%330.1
Lincoln County+5.0%42422.2
Greenbrier County+4.7%1431374.5
Ohio County+4.1%34240.8
Putnam County+4.1%2522524.4
Raleigh County+3.6%2622543.7
Hampshire County+3.1%1651656.8
Wayne County+3.1%46461.2
Harrison County+2.8%1501502.3
Kanawha County+2.6%3672702.1
Wetzel County+2.6%880.6
Wood County+2.6%1711642.1
Cabell County+2.5%218792.4
Jackson County+1.2%13130.5
Hancock County+0.8%38361.4
Roane County+0.5%90906.8
Upshur County+0.3%1181185.0
Fayette County+0.2%1341343.5
Brooke County−1.5%24241.1
Summers County−1.6%34342.9
Taylor County−1.7%110.1
Mason County−2.4%770.3
Monroe County−2.8%220.2
Barbour County—880.5
Grant County—69446.2

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.