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West Virginia in 2006

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

In 2006 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +5.5%, against +6.6% for the United States and +9.6% in 2005.

5,645 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (5,160 single-family), −8.1% on 2005; the national total was 1,838,903.

+5.5%West Virginia index, 2005–2006US +6.6%
5,645housing units permitted in 20065,160 single-family
36 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +6.5%
1,838,903units permitted nationally in 2006
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Counties in 2006

Ranked by the county index change from 2005 to 2006 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2006; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2006Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Mingo County+22.1%110.0
Barbour County+18.8%000.0
Summers County+15.5%27272.3
Morgan County+15.3%22022012.2
Lewis County+15.1%000.0
Mineral County+13.1%1141144.3
Berkeley County+12.3%1,6591,54611.9
Mason County+12.0%550.2
Greenbrier County+11.4%1701635.4
Taylor County+11.0%550.3
Jefferson County+10.5%5545478.8
Lincoln County+10.4%31311.6
Hardy County+10.1%14714710.3
Nicholas County+8.8%330.1
Marion County+8.0%16160.3
Boone County+7.9%15130.7
Wetzel County+7.4%330.2
Monongalia County+7.0%1601511.5
Fayette County+6.8%74721.9
Hampshire County+6.6%33833814.0
Harrison County+6.5%1411352.2
Preston County+6.4%550.1
Logan County+5.5%000.0
Raleigh County+5.3%2452103.4
Putnam County+4.9%2262204.0
Kanawha County+4.3%4152652.4
Ohio County+3.7%22220.5
Brooke County+3.3%16160.8
Marshall County+2.8%440.1
Cabell County+2.7%1911292.1
Wood County+2.5%2192072.7
Upshur County+2.4%86863.6
Mercer County+2.3%14140.2
Wayne County+2.1%1691294.5
Randolph County+1.6%840.3
Monroe County+1.1%110.1
Jackson County−0.8%13130.5
Roane County−1.1%91916.8
Pleasants County−1.5%440.5
Hancock County−3.3%26260.9
Grant County—90608.2

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.