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West Virginia in 2022

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

In 2022 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +10.7%, against +15.5% for the United States and +7.9% in 2021.

3,406 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (2,947 single-family), −7.7% on 2021; the national total was 1,680,368.

+10.7%West Virginia index, 2021–2022US +15.5%
3,406housing units permitted in 20222,947 single-family
38 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +10.1%
1,680,368units permitted nationally in 2022
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Counties in 2022

Ranked by the county index change from 2021 to 2022 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2022; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2022Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Berkeley County+18.1%1,4931,43110.7
Preston County+17.1%330.1
Greenbrier County+16.9%93612.9
Morgan County+16.3%1121126.2
Upshur County+15.5%45431.9
Barbour County+15.0%220.1
Mason County+14.6%330.1
Grant County+14.3%35303.2
Jefferson County+14.3%5282698.4
Hampshire County+13.2%1251255.2
Ohio County+13.0%840.2
Wood County+12.4%55550.7
Roane County+11.8%000.0
Summers County+11.6%13131.1
Hancock County+10.9%22220.8
Mercer County+10.9%110.0
Marion County+10.8%20100.4
Brooke County+10.4%11110.5
Lincoln County+10.3%000.0
Monongalia County+10.1%880.1
Raleigh County+10.1%67670.9
Putnam County+9.8%95951.7
Harrison County+9.5%131812.0
Jackson County+8.6%110.0
Kanawha County+8.2%1301240.8
Wayne County+8.2%65651.7
Taylor County+8.0%000.0
Marshall County+7.7%000.0
Randolph County+7.6%2460.9
Boone County+7.4%13130.6
Cabell County+7.3%66580.7
Mineral County+6.8%42391.6
Fayette County+5.5%37371.0
Wetzel County+5.1%000.0
Nicholas County+4.0%550.2
Hardy County+3.5%59594.1
Logan County+1.7%220.1
Lewis County+1.1%000.0
Pleasants County−0.2%440.5
Monroe County−6.3%110.1
Mingo County—000.0

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.