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West Virginia in 2019

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

In 2019 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +2.0%, against +4.2% for the United States and +2.4% in 2018.

3,010 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (2,551 single-family), +4.3% on 2018; the national total was 1,386,048.

+2.0%West Virginia index, 2018–2019US +4.2%
3,010housing units permitted in 20192,551 single-family
33 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +2.8%
1,386,048units permitted nationally in 2019
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Counties in 2019

Ranked by the county index change from 2018 to 2019 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2019; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2019Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Barbour County+11.0%400.3
Lewis County+5.5%000.0
Logan County+5.1%220.1
Hampshire County+4.8%88883.7
Mingo County+4.8%000.0
Preston County+4.6%880.2
Berkeley County+4.5%1,2611,0819.0
Lincoln County+4.5%18180.9
Jefferson County+4.3%1971973.1
Nicholas County+4.1%550.2
Roane County+4.1%000.0
Cabell County+3.8%134771.5
Brooke County+3.7%880.4
Monongalia County+3.6%26180.2
Morgan County+3.6%57573.2
Hardy County+3.5%58584.0
Ohio County+3.4%220.0
Raleigh County+3.3%39390.5
Marion County+3.1%54431.0
Mineral County+2.9%40401.5
Hancock County+2.8%16160.6
Marshall County+2.6%200.1
Greenbrier County+2.5%55511.7
Jackson County+2.2%000.0
Mason County+2.0%330.1
Pleasants County+1.9%10101.4
Monroe County+1.8%000.0
Harrison County+1.6%49470.8
Summers County+1.6%16161.4
Putnam County+1.5%62621.1
Mercer County+0.6%440.1
Wood County+0.6%133671.6
Taylor County+0.3%330.2
Kanawha County−0.4%2532491.5
Wayne County−0.8%27270.7
Fayette County−3.1%38381.0
Randolph County−3.1%660.2
Upshur County−4.2%31311.3
Wetzel County−4.7%54543.9
Boone County−5.7%660.3
Grant County—61205.5

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.