West Virginia rental market analysis
Investment scores, home values, rents and gross rent-to-price comparisons for the counties in West Virginia we track. Click any county for the full deep-dive.
Counties tracked
55
Median home price
$151K
Median rent
$1,069
Top-scored
Gilmer
82/100
West Virginia apartment cap rates and underwriting
Apartment evidence gaps, a historical Huntington sale, the ten-county rental survey and small-building cash risks. Read the West Virginia cap-rate research report. Its dated apartment evidence is separate from the county screening indexes below.
All counties in West Virginia
| County | Score | Home-value reference | Rent reference | Annual rent/price | YoY price | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmer County | 82 | $127,029 | – | – | +7.0% | 7,444 |
| Preston County | 81 | $145,257 | – | – | +6.7% | 34,206 |
| Roane County | 81 | $132,472 | – | – | +6.7% | 14,027 |
| Summers County | 80 | $165,871 | – | – | +6.9% | 11,985 |
| Wayne County | 79 | $141,785 | – | – | +4.3% | 38,933 |
| Mason County | 79 | $163,773 | – | – | +5.8% | 25,488 |
| Nicholas County | 77 | $166,616 | – | – | +8.6% | 24,624 |
| Kanawha County | 77 | $151,294 | $1,238 | 9.82% | +1.4% | 179,895 |
| Calhoun County | 77 | $104,959 | – | – | +14.4% | 6,279 |
| Logan County | 76 | $106,448 | – | – | +2.8% | 32,350 |
| Doddridge County | 76 | $142,361 | – | – | +10.5% | 7,847 |
| Pocahontas County | 76 | $191,793 | – | – | +4.8% | 7,940 |
| Marshall County | 75 | $136,635 | $800 | 7.03% | +4.9% | 30,509 |
| Marion County | 75 | $167,401 | $1,171 | 8.39% | +2.3% | 56,194 |
| Fayette County | 75 | $139,740 | $856 | 7.35% | +3.9% | 40,545 |
| Monroe County | 75 | $199,418 | – | – | +8.5% | 12,438 |
| Taylor County | 74 | $192,423 | – | – | +3.1% | 16,602 |
| Greenbrier County | 74 | $210,664 | – | – | +4.4% | 32,995 |
| Upshur County | 74 | $157,014 | $925 | 7.07% | +3.9% | 23,875 |
| Wetzel County | 74 | $118,344 | – | – | +2.2% | 14,431 |
| Hardy County | 74 | $234,270 | – | – | +5.3% | 14,249 |
| Cabell County | 73 | $170,976 | $1,087 | 7.63% | +2.5% | 93,965 |
| Jackson County | 73 | $204,590 | – | – | +3.1% | 27,868 |
| Pleasants County | 73 | $169,512 | – | – | +2.5% | 7,622 |
| Grant County | 73 | $193,852 | – | – | +2.9% | 11,034 |
| Pendleton County | 73 | $229,503 | – | – | +12.2% | 6,156 |
| Raleigh County | 72 | $157,221 | $1,069 | 8.16% | +1.2% | 74,303 |
| Ohio County | 72 | $159,042 | $853 | 6.43% | +4.6% | 42,224 |
| Harrison County | 71 | $149,834 | $1,017 | 8.15% | +0.9% | 65,862 |
| Randolph County | 71 | $162,456 | – | – | +1.8% | 28,005 |
| Hancock County | 70 | $147,494 | $725 | 5.90% | +9.0% | 28,907 |
| Tyler County | 69 | $117,852 | – | – | +0.9% | 8,336 |
| Wood County | 68 | $173,101 | $1,063 | 7.37% | +1.1% | 84,272 |
| Clay County | 67 | $132,097 | – | – | +0.6% | 8,049 |
| Morgan County | 66 | $312,650 | – | – | +3.3% | 17,237 |
| Wyoming County | 66 | $69,063 | – | – | +0.2% | 21,237 |
| Monongalia County | 66 | $263,546 | $1,384 | 6.30% | +3.1% | 105,988 |
| Brooke County | 65 | $135,881 | – | – | -0.2% | 22,349 |
| Berkeley County | 65 | $321,823 | $1,757 | 6.55% | +3.6% | 123,283 |
| Hampshire County | 65 | $263,683 | – | – | +2.0% | 23,275 |
| Wirt County | 65 | $115,069 | – | – | +0.0% | 5,202 |
| Mercer County | 64 | $145,481 | $772 | 6.36% | +0.1% | 59,530 |
| Putnam County | 64 | $252,059 | $1,142 | 5.43% | +4.8% | 57,347 |
| Mineral County | 64 | $202,969 | – | – | +0.8% | 26,957 |
| Boone County | 62 | $92,111 | – | – | -1.5% | 21,705 |
| Mingo County | 62 | $84,181 | – | – | -1.4% | 23,466 |
| Tucker County | 62 | $214,204 | – | – | +0.5% | 6,747 |
| Barbour County | 61 | $124,483 | – | – | -2.1% | 15,527 |
| Jefferson County | 60 | $399,235 | $1,992 | 5.99% | +4.1% | 58,043 |
| Lewis County | 60 | $134,826 | – | – | -2.5% | 16,920 |
| Braxton County | 59 | $145,801 | – | – | -2.8% | 12,505 |
| Webster County | 51 | $91,470 | – | – | -5.4% | 8,362 |
| Ritchie County | 50 | $119,794 | – | – | -5.8% | 8,507 |
| Lincoln County | 46 | $101,513 | – | – | -10.7% | 20,410 |
| McDowell County | 45 | $43,645 | – | – | -18.2% | 18,911 |
Latest stored snapshot loaded October 19, 2026. Sorted by overall investment score. The snapshot date is not the underlying Zillow observation period.
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