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West Virginia in 2015

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

In 2015 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +1.8%, against +4.4% for the United States and +2.6% in 2014.

2,814 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (2,029 single-family), +5.1% on 2014; the national total was 1,182,582.

+1.8%West Virginia index, 2014–2015US +4.4%
2,814housing units permitted in 20152,029 single-family
30 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +1.7%
1,182,582units permitted nationally in 2015
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Counties in 2015

Ranked by the county index change from 2014 to 2015 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2015; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2015Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Monroe County+9.2%000.0
Hancock County+7.2%27271.0
Morgan County+6.6%40402.2
Taylor County+6.3%300.2
Wayne County+5.9%16160.4
Marshall County+5.7%440.1
Mason County+5.5%110.0
Berkeley County+5.2%6586104.7
Hardy County+4.8%34342.4
Lewis County+4.7%330.2
Logan County+4.7%110.0
Preston County+4.4%110.0
Jackson County+4.3%220.1
Harrison County+3.6%81731.3
Randolph County+3.6%620.2
Monongalia County+2.8%165231.5
Brooke County+2.6%13130.6
Jefferson County+2.5%3042044.8
Hampshire County+2.4%92923.8
Ohio County+1.9%59591.5
Wetzel County+1.7%1951.4
Mingo County+1.5%000.0
Fayette County+1.2%32320.8
Cabell County+1.0%95681.0
Putnam County+1.0%143852.5
Nicholas County+0.9%000.0
Kanawha County+0.7%256631.5
Greenbrier County+0.6%54541.7
Wood County+0.5%1251151.5
Pleasants County+0.1%660.8
Upshur County−0.9%91373.8
Marion County−1.1%35170.6
Raleigh County−1.5%68680.9
Boone County−3.1%16160.8
Mineral County−3.3%35351.3
Barbour County−3.8%25251.6
Mercer County−4.4%420.1
Roane County−8.1%000.0
Lincoln County−12.0%13130.7
Summers County−22.9%22201.9
Grant County—79277.2

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.