West Virginia cities

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26 West Virginia cities tracked. Sorted by composite momentum score (home prices, rent, population).

Long thesis

The state's pop-weighted momentum is 61/100, and only 0 of 26 tracked cities are in the 'Declining' tier. That's a healthier distribution than most states. Bull case: the average is good, and the bottom of the distribution isn't ugly.

Short thesis

The bear case is the boring one: the median market is fine but the cycle is real. Watch the cities at the bottom of this state's distribution as the early-warning signal.

26
Cities tracked
$155,951
Median home (state)
12
Rising / Hot
5
Cooling / Declining

Ranson

pop 6,035
79
Hot$316,025 · +3.7%

Charles Town

pop 8,869
73
Rising$404,014 · +2.9%

Martinsburg

pop 19,047
72
Rising$311,305 · +3.7%

Weirton

pop 18,317
68
Rising$148,466 · +6.3%

Huntington

pop 44,942
67
Rising$138,553 · +4.5%

Hurricane

pop 6,813
67
Rising$271,407 · +4.2%

Bridgeport

pop 9,397
65
Rising$300,871 · +2.7%

Buckhannon

pop 5,049
65
Rising$155,951 · +3.9%

Fairmont

pop 18,063
64
Rising$190,970 · +4.3%

South Charleston

pop 13,177
64
Rising$169,390 · +3.1%

Charleston

pop 46,482
63
Rising$164,532 · +1.1%

Morgantown

pop 30,490
63
Rising$281,909 · +2.4%

Wheeling

pop 26,060
61
Stable$148,110 · +4.4%

Vienna

pop 10,406
60
Stable$185,617 · +0.8%

Elkins

pop 6,698
60
Stable$166,319 · +1.0%

Nitro

pop 6,366
59
Stable$143,801 · -0.5%

Princeton

pop 5,595
59
Stable$170,178 · -2.0%

Parkersburg

pop 28,834
58
Stable$147,532 · +0.1%

Beckley

pop 16,515
55
Stable$148,179 · -2.4%

New Martinsville

pop 5,038
51
Stable$137,423 · -0.6%

St. Albans

pop 10,301
50
Stable$151,237 · -3.1%

Moundsville

pop 7,703
46
Cooling$122,407 · +1.6%

Clarksburg

pop 15,262
45
Cooling$114,880 · -3.0%

Dunbar

pop 7,111
44
Cooling$123,298 · -5.8%

Oak Hill

pop 7,732
43
Cooling$151,191 · -8.1%

Bluefield

pop 9,157
38
Cooling$112,232 · -10.5%

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Tools for West Virginia

Sources: Zillow ZHVI (home values), Zillow ZORI (rents), US Census ACS + place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.

Cost of living & climate

Cost-of-living index
87.7 (US=100)
Well Below Us Avg. Source: MERIC Q4 2024 composite (housing, groceries, utilities, transport, healthcare, misc).
Climate

Humid subtropical to humid continental. Hot humid summers, cold snowy winters in the mountains. Flooding in valley regions.

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