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West Virginia in 2023

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

In 2023 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +6.3%, against +5.7% for the United States and +10.7% in 2022.

4,014 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (3,278 single-family), +17.9% on 2022; the national total was 1,511,102.

+6.3%West Virginia index, 2022–2023US +5.7%
4,014housing units permitted in 20233,278 single-family
34 of 37counties with a rising indexmedian county +6.7%
1,511,102units permitted nationally in 2023
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Counties in 2023

Ranked by the county index change from 2022 to 2023 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2023; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2023Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Monroe County+31.6%000.0
Lewis County+26.8%000.0
Hardy County+25.2%2007613.9
Fayette County+23.6%26260.7
Wetzel County+19.1%110.1
Nicholas County+18.2%000.0
Hancock County+16.6%12120.4
Mineral County+16.6%53422.0
Roane County+12.8%27272.0
Jefferson County+10.9%1,00755716.0
Putnam County+10.6%103921.8
Brooke County+9.8%220.1
Taylor County+9.5%000.0
Harrison County+8.0%125771.9
Raleigh County+8.0%65650.9
Boone County+7.9%880.4
Mason County+7.6%440.2
Cabell County+6.9%84480.9
Marshall County+6.7%640.2
Wood County+6.7%84841.0
Mercer County+6.6%830.1
Summers County+6.5%18181.6
Jackson County+5.9%000.0
Barbour County+5.4%730.5
Preston County+5.3%330.1
Upshur County+4.6%51382.1
Randolph County+4.3%110.0
Kanawha County+4.2%1511510.9
Hampshire County+3.4%1421385.9
Berkeley County+3.2%1,3781,3629.9
Morgan County+2.2%1091096.0
Marion County+2.0%940.2
Monongalia County+1.5%14140.1
Ohio County+0.9%330.1
Greenbrier County0.0%80802.5
Lincoln County−1.5%18180.9
Wayne County−3.0%62621.7
Grant County—47424.3
Logan County—000.0
Mingo County—110.0
Pleasants County—310.4

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.