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West Virginia in 2008

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

In 2008 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed −0.7%, against −4.5% for the United States and +1.6% in 2007.

3,481 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (2,560 single-family), −27.4% on 2007; the national total was 905,359.

−0.7%West Virginia index, 2007–2008US −4.5%
3,481housing units permitted in 20082,560 single-family
23 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +1.4%
905,359units permitted nationally in 2008
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Counties in 2008

Ranked by the county index change from 2007 to 2008 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2008; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2008Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Mingo County+8.5%110.0
Taylor County+8.3%3422.1
Monroe County+7.7%110.1
Fayette County+6.5%58581.5
Pleasants County+4.4%220.3
Greenbrier County+4.3%112723.5
Roane County+4.3%52523.9
Lincoln County+4.2%28281.5
Marshall County+3.7%330.1
Nicholas County+3.4%220.1
Barbour County+2.9%310.2
Raleigh County+2.2%1981982.8
Kanawha County+2.1%2461521.4
Marion County+2.1%990.2
Wood County+2.0%1741182.1
Cabell County+1.8%243832.7
Lewis County+1.7%000.0
Wayne County+1.6%34320.9
Putnam County+1.5%3271245.7
Boone County+1.4%20201.0
Logan County+1.4%220.1
Monongalia County+1.2%262322.4
Preston County+0.7%220.1
Randolph County0.0%930.3
Mercer County−0.6%14140.2
Hardy County−1.1%73735.1
Ohio County−1.1%23230.6
Brooke County−1.3%13130.6
Harrison County−1.4%99921.5
Wetzel County−1.4%220.1
Mineral County−1.9%71712.7
Hancock County−2.0%17170.6
Hampshire County−2.3%82823.4
Jackson County−2.5%550.2
Upshur County−3.8%31261.3
Morgan County−4.7%80804.4
Mason County−5.8%520.2
Summers County−6.8%17171.5
Berkeley County−7.3%7757215.6
Jefferson County−10.9%2192193.5
Grant County—53284.8

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.