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West Virginia in 2007

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

In 2007 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +1.6%, against +0.6% for the United States and +5.5% in 2006.

4,795 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (3,918 single-family), −15.1% on 2006; the national total was 1,398,415.

+1.6%West Virginia index, 2006–2007US +0.6%
4,795housing units permitted in 20073,918 single-family
30 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +2.8%
1,398,415units permitted nationally in 2007
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Counties in 2007

Ranked by the county index change from 2006 to 2007 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2007; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2007Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Randolph County+8.6%11110.4
Nicholas County+7.5%110.0
Upshur County+7.3%48482.0
Mercer County+6.9%14140.2
Harrison County+6.2%1561212.4
Greenbrier County+5.7%1431434.5
Roane County+5.5%78785.9
Hardy County+5.2%1041047.3
Jackson County+4.8%770.3
Ohio County+4.4%72221.8
Hampshire County+4.3%1861867.7
Raleigh County+4.3%2242243.1
Marion County+4.1%13130.2
Wayne County+4.1%60581.6
Barbour County+4.0%860.5
Monongalia County+3.6%103301.0
Mineral County+3.4%1111114.1
Marshall County+3.1%330.1
Fayette County+2.9%80802.1
Logan County+2.9%440.1
Cabell County+2.8%2341322.6
Hancock County+2.8%27271.0
Lewis County+2.7%000.0
Putnam County+2.6%2162053.8
Preston County+2.1%000.0
Mason County+1.8%440.2
Kanawha County+1.7%2782021.6
Morgan County+1.7%1201206.7
Wetzel County+1.5%530.4
Wood County+1.2%1711552.1
Boone County−0.2%11110.5
Summers County−0.9%32322.8
Brooke County−1.0%15150.7
Monroe County−2.4%220.2
Berkeley County−2.7%1,2581,0779.0
Lincoln County−3.4%31311.6
Jefferson County−4.2%78948712.5
Pleasants County−4.7%550.7
Taylor County−9.3%550.3
Mingo County−15.3%000.0
Grant County—68436.2

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.