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West Virginia in 2025

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

In 2025 the FHFA house price index for West Virginia changed +4.1%, against +2.8% for the United States and +5.9% in 2024.

3,962 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (3,618 single-family), −5.5% on 2024; the national total was 1,431,616.

+4.1%West Virginia index, 2024–2025US +2.8%
3,962housing units permitted in 20253,618 single-family
30 of 38counties with a rising indexmedian county +5.1%
1,431,616units permitted nationally in 2025
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Counties in 2025

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

CountyIndex change 2025Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Morgan County+19.5%1301307.2
Wetzel County+19.0%220.1
Brooke County+18.7%000.0
Hardy County+17.1%66664.6
Preston County+16.2%880.2
Monroe County+15.1%330.2
Fayette County+10.4%27270.7
Marshall County+9.4%000.0
Mason County+9.2%720.3
Raleigh County+9.2%50500.7
Taylor County+8.1%000.0
Pleasants County+8.0%330.4
Wayne County+7.7%61611.6
Jackson County+7.6%000.0
Hampshire County+7.5%1291295.4
Cabell County+7.1%71410.8
Greenbrier County+6.5%1081003.4
Randolph County+5.9%000.0
Berkeley County+5.7%1,1401,1048.2
Wood County+5.1%87811.1
Hancock County+4.8%14140.5
Putnam County+4.7%118882.1
Logan County+3.0%110.0
Ohio County+2.5%330.1
Kanawha County+1.8%97930.6
Monongalia County+1.8%22220.2
Harrison County+1.7%192803.0
Jefferson County+1.0%1,3241,21321.0
Lewis County+0.4%550.3
Marion County+0.4%10100.2
Upshur County−0.9%30281.3
Mineral County−2.2%43431.6
Summers County−3.2%12121.0
Mercer County−4.0%550.1
Nicholas County−6.9%220.1
Boone County−13.8%660.3
Grant County−17.6%23232.1
Lincoln County−21.5%11110.6
Barbour County—220.1
Mingo County—000.0
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.