Education and Health Services Counties Building Conditions

Beginning with the first quarter of 2020, NAHB classified all the counties in the United States based on their percentile ranking in terms of the proportion of their labor force employed in the Educational Services sector or Health Care and Social Services sector, which collectively make up the Education and Health Services (EHS) supersector as defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. NAHB, therefore, defines an EHS county as one which falls in the top quartile of employment in this supersector.

EHS Counties

Total population 73,784,005; 23.2% of total U.S. population

  • 12.4% of single-family construction for 1Q20
  • 5.5% single-family quarterly growth rate for the 1Q20
  • 19.5% single-family year-over-year growth rate (1Q20 vs 1Q19)
  • 4.8% single-family 4-quarter MA of the year-over-year growth rate
Home Building Geography Index (HBGI)
  • 18.4% of multifamily construction for 1Q20
  • -38.9% multifamily quarterly growth rate for the 1Q20
  • -9.7% multifamily year-over year growth rate (1Q20 vs 1Q19)
  • 17.4% multifamily 4-quarter MA of the year-over-year growth rate