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West Virginia in 2014

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

In 2014 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +2.6%, against +6.2% for the United States and +1.5% in 2013.

2,677 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (1,908 single-family), +4.0% on 2013; the national total was 1,046,363.

+2.6%West Virginia index, 2013–2014US +6.2%
2,677housing units permitted in 20141,908 single-family
24 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +1.3%
1,046,363units permitted nationally in 2014
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Counties in 2014

Ranked by the county index change from 2013 to 2014 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2014; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2014Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Barbour County+12.5%30281.9
Pleasants County+9.5%550.7
Jefferson County+8.3%2002003.2
Randolph County+7.6%1020.4
Roane County+7.1%35352.6
Berkeley County+5.2%7015895.0
Upshur County+5.2%100514.2
Ohio County+5.1%5531.4
Marion County+5.0%1380.2
Wetzel County+4.9%2041.5
Monongalia County+3.7%100150.9
Wood County+3.4%1051031.3
Harrison County+3.1%105811.6
Logan County+2.9%110.0
Nicholas County+2.8%000.0
Putnam County+2.4%1661242.9
Raleigh County+2.2%91861.3
Brooke County+1.9%440.2
Kanawha County+1.7%296631.7
Summers County+1.4%16161.4
Cabell County+1.3%138541.5
Taylor County+1.1%330.2
Fayette County+0.8%34340.9
Morgan County+0.4%48482.7
Hampshire County0.0%66662.7
Mineral County0.0%32321.2
Jackson County−0.8%220.1
Mingo County−0.8%550.2
Preston County−1.0%110.0
Greenbrier County−1.4%53511.7
Wayne County−1.4%16160.4
Mason County−1.7%110.0
Hardy County−2.3%34342.4
Marshall County−2.4%110.0
Mercer County−2.4%530.1
Lewis County−2.6%110.1
Boone County−2.8%16160.8
Lincoln County−3.7%11110.6
Hancock County−5.2%16160.6
Monroe County−10.1%000.0
Grant County—66266.0

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.