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West Virginia in 2017

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

In 2017 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +1.1%, against +5.4% for the United States and +1.8% in 2016.

2,719 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (2,348 single-family), +6.9% on 2016; the national total was 1,281,977.

+1.1%West Virginia index, 2016–2017US +5.4%
2,719housing units permitted in 20172,348 single-family
23 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +0.5%
1,281,977units permitted nationally in 2017
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Counties in 2017

Ranked by the county index change from 2016 to 2017 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2017; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2017Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Summers County+14.8%20201.7
Boone County+8.1%10100.5
Roane County+5.8%000.0
Berkeley County+5.6%9499256.8
Hardy County+5.3%53533.7
Fayette County+4.8%27270.7
Ohio County+4.6%13130.3
Morgan County+4.0%52522.9
Monongalia County+3.1%67150.6
Jefferson County+2.3%2742744.3
Wetzel County+2.3%45453.3
Wayne County+2.2%25250.7
Marion County+1.8%91201.6
Wood County+1.7%125951.5
Randolph County+1.3%310.1
Mingo County+1.1%000.0
Harrison County+0.7%96661.5
Putnam County+0.7%93931.6
Cabell County+0.6%96681.1
Mason County+0.6%330.1
Hancock County+0.5%15130.5
Lewis County+0.2%220.1
Monroe County+0.2%000.0
Kanawha County0.0%125600.7
Nicholas County0.0%000.0
Greenbrier County−0.7%1121103.5
Raleigh County−0.7%56560.8
Jackson County−1.0%330.1
Marshall County−1.3%110.0
Pleasants County−1.5%10101.4
Mercer County−2.0%550.1
Brooke County−2.5%10100.5
Upshur County−2.7%49412.1
Preston County−3.0%10100.3
Taylor County−3.3%110.1
Mineral County−4.7%29291.1
Barbour County−4.9%000.0
Lincoln County−6.3%16160.8
Hampshire County−8.4%57572.4
Logan County−9.4%110.0
Grant County—53164.8

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.