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West Virginia in 2024

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

In 2024 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +5.9%, against +4.9% for the United States and +6.3% in 2023.

4,192 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (3,515 single-family), +4.4% on 2023; the national total was 1,478,000.

+5.9%West Virginia index, 2023–2024US +4.9%
4,192housing units permitted in 20243,515 single-family
30 of 35counties with a rising indexmedian county +6.8%
1,478,000units permitted nationally in 2024
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Counties in 2024

Ranked by the county index change from 2023 to 2024 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2024; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2024Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Boone County+21.4%770.3
Upshur County+16.8%62482.6
Wayne County+15.3%68681.8
Lincoln County+13.3%12120.6
Greenbrier County+13.2%69692.2
Randolph County+11.9%330.1
Mercer County+10.9%940.2
Marion County+10.7%660.1
Nicholas County+10.4%220.1
Hampshire County+8.8%1201205.0
Kanawha County+8.8%98980.6
Fayette County+8.5%28280.7
Hardy County+8.1%74745.2
Lewis County+7.8%550.3
Monongalia County+7.5%15150.1
Ohio County+7.4%000.0
Berkeley County+7.3%1,4601,43310.5
Mineral County+6.8%64562.4
Jackson County+6.6%000.0
Jefferson County+6.2%99077615.7
Putnam County+5.0%402967.1
Raleigh County+3.5%41410.6
Harrison County+3.4%83741.3
Cabell County+2.8%79280.9
Brooke County+2.3%000.0
Monroe County+2.1%000.0
Wood County+2.1%124911.5
Preston County+2.0%110.0
Hancock County+1.8%15150.5
Wetzel County+0.4%000.0
Marshall County0.0%860.3
Summers County−0.4%12121.0
Morgan County−3.6%1031035.7
Taylor County−3.9%000.0
Mason County−7.1%820.3
Barbour County—220.1
Grant County—28282.5
Logan County—110.0
Mingo County—000.0
Pleasants County—530.7
Roane County—21211.6

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.