Home Value Trail

States › West Virginia › 2010

State, one year

West Virginia in 2010

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

In 2010 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed −1.9%, against −5.1% for the United States and −3.2% in 2009.

2,395 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (1,796 single-family), +7.2% on 2009; the national total was 604,610.

−1.9%West Virginia index, 2009–2010US −5.1%
2,395housing units permitted in 20101,796 single-family
14 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county −0.9%
604,610units permitted nationally in 2010
← 2009West Virginia overview2011 →

Counties in 2010

Ranked by the county index change from 2009 to 2010 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2010; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2010Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Monroe County+12.4%000.0
Taylor County+6.3%110.1
Mingo County+5.1%000.0
Wetzel County+5.1%1020.7
Pleasants County+4.8%991.2
Hancock County+3.0%990.3
Upshur County+3.0%42421.8
Mercer County+2.6%830.1
Randolph County+2.6%12120.4
Greenbrier County+1.7%102623.2
Marion County+1.7%550.1
Fayette County+0.9%39311.0
Boone County+0.6%54192.7
Monongalia County+0.5%300202.8
Putnam County0.0%1191012.1
Summers County−0.2%20201.7
Harrison County−0.5%1161161.8
Raleigh County−0.5%1101101.5
Kanawha County−0.6%1481310.9
Cabell County−0.9%124641.4
Wood County−0.9%126791.5
Brooke County−1.0%12120.6
Preston County−1.0%110.0
Mason County−1.2%220.1
Jackson County−1.3%220.1
Marshall County−1.5%330.1
Lincoln County−1.6%13130.7
Wayne County−1.6%85452.3
Logan County−1.8%1330.4
Lewis County−1.9%000.0
Hardy County−2.6%41332.9
Roane County−2.8%30302.3
Ohio County−3.1%22170.5
Nicholas County−4.3%440.2
Barbour County−5.7%880.5
Mineral County−6.5%39391.5
Hampshire County−6.9%62622.6
Jefferson County−8.9%1591592.5
Berkeley County−11.2%4004002.9
Morgan County−11.5%43432.4
Grant County—28182.5

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.