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West Virginia in 2021

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

In 2021 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +7.9%, against +11.6% for the United States and +2.5% in 2020.

3,692 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (3,112 single-family), +15.2% on 2020; the national total was 1,736,982.

+7.9%West Virginia index, 2020–2021US +11.6%
3,692housing units permitted in 20213,112 single-family
41 of 41counties with a rising indexmedian county +7.4%
1,736,982units permitted nationally in 2021
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Counties in 2021

Ranked by the county index change from 2020 to 2021 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2021; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2021Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Nicholas County+16.1%550.2
Hardy County+14.4%81695.6
Logan County+13.7%110.0
Berkeley County+13.3%1,3441,3049.6
Morgan County+12.9%92925.1
Fayette County+12.2%32320.8
Jefferson County+11.9%68939210.9
Hancock County+11.1%18180.6
Hampshire County+10.1%1261265.2
Mason County+9.8%220.1
Cabell County+9.1%56500.6
Mineral County+8.9%33331.2
Raleigh County+8.9%71691.0
Greenbrier County+8.3%61611.9
Wetzel County+8.1%550.4
Mingo County+7.8%000.0
Randolph County+7.7%110.0
Wayne County+7.7%71711.9
Jackson County+7.6%000.0
Kanawha County+7.4%2211791.3
Wood County+7.4%96941.2
Barbour County+7.3%820.5
Marshall County+7.3%000.0
Lincoln County+7.2%770.4
Putnam County+7.2%1321322.3
Taylor County+7.1%000.0
Monongalia County+7.0%14140.1
Summers County+6.7%13131.1
Brooke County+6.5%10100.5
Marion County+6.5%19100.3
Monroe County+6.5%110.1
Preston County+6.5%770.2
Lewis County+5.7%000.0
Mercer County+5.4%550.1
Grant County+5.2%40353.6
Ohio County+4.4%9222.3
Boone County+4.3%12120.6
Harrison County+4.2%141852.2
Upshur County+3.7%55512.3
Roane County+1.8%110.1
Pleasants County+1.7%11111.5

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.