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West Virginia in 2020

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

In 2020 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +2.5%, against +3.0% for the United States and +2.0% in 2019.

3,204 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (2,803 single-family), +6.4% on 2019; the national total was 1,471,141.

+2.5%West Virginia index, 2019–2020US +3.0%
3,204housing units permitted in 20202,803 single-family
33 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +2.5%
1,471,141units permitted nationally in 2020
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Counties in 2020

Ranked by the county index change from 2019 to 2020 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2020; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2020Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Boone County+10.0%15150.7
Taylor County+9.4%000.0
Upshur County+7.8%50482.1
Randolph County+7.3%220.1
Hampshire County+5.8%1021024.2
Monroe County+5.5%110.1
Wood County+5.0%72720.9
Hancock County+4.8%16160.6
Brooke County+4.2%880.4
Hardy County+4.1%63594.4
Mercer County+4.1%550.1
Jefferson County+3.9%2882504.6
Pleasants County+3.9%440.5
Harrison County+3.8%62541.0
Marion County+3.4%29140.5
Greenbrier County+3.3%76742.4
Putnam County+3.3%73731.3
Marshall County+3.1%330.1
Morgan County+3.1%75754.2
Wayne County+2.6%78782.1
Fayette County+2.5%32320.8
Kanawha County+2.5%2722321.6
Raleigh County+2.3%43430.6
Wetzel County+2.3%59594.3
Mineral County+2.2%75432.8
Ohio County+2.1%4961.2
Berkeley County+2.0%1,3831,2019.9
Mason County+2.0%110.0
Cabell County+1.6%61420.7
Preston County+1.2%220.1
Lewis County+0.8%000.0
Monongalia County+0.5%23230.2
Nicholas County+0.1%440.2
Jackson County−0.2%220.1
Roane County−0.8%000.0
Lincoln County−1.0%23231.2
Summers County−1.1%15151.3
Barbour County−1.3%220.1
Logan County−3.0%110.0
Mingo County−4.4%000.0
Grant County—29292.6

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.