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West Virginia in 2016

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

In 2016 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +1.8%, against +5.3% for the United States and +1.8% in 2015.

2,544 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (1,994 single-family), −9.6% on 2015; the national total was 1,206,642.

+1.8%West Virginia index, 2015–2016US +5.3%
2,544housing units permitted in 20161,994 single-family
28 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +2.2%
1,206,642units permitted nationally in 2016
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Counties in 2016

Ranked by the county index change from 2015 to 2016 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2016; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2016Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Lincoln County+23.5%14140.7
Summers County+14.8%19191.6
Pleasants County+11.9%550.7
Mineral County+9.7%44441.6
Mercer County+7.7%820.1
Roane County+7.7%000.0
Hancock County+7.6%14140.5
Marshall County+6.6%110.0
Barbour County+6.1%110.1
Marion County+6.1%81181.5
Taylor County+5.9%000.0
Preston County+5.7%440.1
Upshur County+5.3%37291.6
Brooke County+5.0%12120.6
Harrison County+3.3%2401263.7
Hampshire County+2.6%61612.5
Jackson County+2.6%3421.2
Putnam County+2.4%95891.7
Wood County+2.4%1251231.5
Greenbrier County+2.2%115983.6
Monongalia County+2.2%17150.2
Berkeley County+1.2%7557525.4
Cabell County+1.2%93451.0
Ohio County+1.1%2370.6
Jefferson County+0.7%1591592.5
Wetzel County+0.6%1861.3
Kanawha County+0.2%164491.0
Raleigh County+0.2%42420.6
Morgan County−0.4%53532.9
Lewis County−0.5%110.1
Monroe County−0.7%000.0
Wayne County−0.7%21210.6
Hardy County−0.8%90396.3
Randolph County−1.7%330.1
Mingo County−2.6%000.0
Mason County−3.0%880.3
Boone County−3.4%13130.6
Nicholas County−3.4%000.0
Logan County−5.1%000.0
Fayette County−5.5%30300.8
Grant County—64195.8

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.