The story of this market
The typical home in Cabell County, West Virginia sells for about $174,250, or $115 per square foot.
Prices are down 16.1% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 88 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 52% since 2000. Last year 12 of 20 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,006 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,006 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2021 (+9.1%). Worst: 2013 (-1.8%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+8.9%
WV · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,287
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 20 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
48
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $49,314,377.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
78%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2642 | 1575 | 78% | 14.3% | $145,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Cabell County, West Virginia
The Cabell County housing market remains balanced to soft, characterized by highly affordable entry pricing offset by longer marketing times averaging near 88 days. Median sale values sit around $174,000 with a median price per square foot of $115, reflecting moderate buyer price sensitivity. Steady demand from regional healthcare and higher education professionals continues to support core suburban and entry-level home sales.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 7.1% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 44 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
1% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 3.8% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 5.1% · poverty 16.9% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Owned and leased federal assets with active or excess status, per the General Services Administration's Real Estate Across the United States inventory (read 2026-09-25). A federal footprint read on this county — not a market valuation, and never an attribute of any individual property or tenant.
Deterministic aggregate of 11 researched ZIP reports of 12 — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Cabell County, West Virginia — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 4.8%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Each property observation weighs one in its ZIP's deterministic roll-up — property-level records (taxes, scores, permits) never roll individually. Latest property research run Oct 7, 2026.
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| 25504 | Barboursville | $217,000 | $135 | +6.7% | 70 | 98.5% | 24% | 3.2 | 125 | $1,100 | researched Oct 8 |
| 25507 | Ceredo | $148,400 | $85 | +2.1% | 72 | 96.5% | 12% | 4.5 | 18 | $850 | researched Oct 8 |
| 25520 | Glenwood | $167,828 | $119 | +1.2% | 38 | 95.9% | 25% | 2.9 | 36 | $973 | researched Sep 26 |
| 25537 | Culloden | $177,900 | $115 | +2.1% | 88 | 96.5% | 15% | 4.2 | 12 | $884 | researched Sep 26 |
| 25541 | Milton | $289,000 | $137 | +13.6% | 36 | 98.5% | 10% | 2.5 | 37 | $1,122 | researched Sep 26 |
| 25545 | Ona | — | — | -16.1% | 88 | — | — | — | — | $943 | researched Sep 26 |
| 25559 | Salt Rock | $185,000 | $115 | +4.5% | 62 | 97.2% | 12% | 5.6 | 45 | $950 | researched Sep 26 |
| 25701 | Huntington | — | $89 | +4.3% | 58 | 96.7% | — | — | 82 | $881 | researched Sep 26 |
| 25702 | Huntington | $161,000 | $105 | +7.3% | 58 | 96.7% | 15% | 4.2 | 239 | $950 | researched Sep 26 |
| 25703 | Huntington | $161,000 | $102 | +7.3% | 41 | — | — | — | 291 | $883 | researched Sep 26 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Cabell County experiences property and violent crime rates that are elevated relative to West Virginia statewide averages, primarily driven by dense urban pockets within Huntington. Sub-jurisdictions and outlying suburban or rural communities such as Barboursville and Milton report substantially lower incidence rates.
Public education is administered primarily by Cabell County Schools, which demonstrates a wide performance gradient across its facilities. Outlying elementary facilities such as Hite-Saunders and Salt Rock frequently achieve top state-tier marks, whereas core urban Huntington schools face chronic socio-economic headwinds.
Cabell County faces major riverine and localized flash-flood exposure along the Ohio River corridor, the Guyandotte River, and the Mud River basins, with roughly 30% of properties carrying severe flood risk. Wildfire and extreme wind risks remain negligible to moderate across the Appalachian foothills.
The local economic profile is underpinned by regional healthcare networks (Marshall Health and Mountain Health Network) and higher education via Marshall University. Recent economic announcements across the wider Advantage Valley industrial and manufacturing corridor have bolstered long-term regional development prospects.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. Federal (United States (federal)) — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Superfund Liens: Establishes a statutory federal lien upon the parcel running in favor of the United States for all unrecovered cleanup costs, damages, and statutory interest incurred by the EPA. Rate and formula: Direct Dollar-for-Dollar Reimbursement (Lien Amount = Incurred Response Costs + Administrative Costs + Federal (United States (federal)) — Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) Withholding: Imposes an affirmative withholding tax obligation on the transferee (buyer) to withhold and remit tax on the gross amount realized (gross sales price). The statutory base withholding rate is 15% of the total purchase price (Formula: Tax = Amount Realized × 15%). Exemptions and reductions: (1) 0% wit Federal (United States (federal)) — Federal General Tax Lien Encumbrance: Under IRC § 6321, a statutory lien arises automatically as of the date of assessment and attaches to all real property owned or acquired by the taxpayer.
Cabell County offers comprehensive public recreation including Ritter Park, Beech Fork State Park and Lake nearby, the Ohio Riverfront, and retail complexes anchored by the Huntington Mall in Barboursville.
Rental demand is heavily anchored by Marshall University students, faculty, and regional medical staff in Huntington. Multifamily occupancy remains robust across stabilized affordable units, though high-end market-rate supply faces moderate vacancy absorption pressures.
Cabell County serves as the regional economic, healthcare, and higher-education hub for the Tri-State area. Marshall University and the regional healthcare systems (Cabell Huntington Hospital, St. Mary's Medical Center) serve as the foundation of county-wide employment.
Interstate 64 is the primary east-west freeway spine traversing the county, supplemented by US Route 60 along the Ohio River. Public bus transit is provided within the urban core by the Tri-State Transit Authority (TTA), alongside Amtrak passenger rail service at Huntington station.
County and municipal planning prioritize urban corridor redevelopment, blight remediation in older central Huntington neighborhoods, and master-planned mixed-use commercial expansion around Barboursville.
The Cabell County Assessor appraises real property triennially at 60% of market value, with rates determined annually by county commission, school board, and municipal levying bodies under West Virginia property tax classification codes.
Parcels are subject to county, municipal, and county school district tax levies, alongside emergency medical services levies and occasional regional public infrastructure development districts.
Property insurance availability is steady, though residential premiums reflect heightened flood exposure in designated low-lying zones along the Ohio, Guyandotte, and Mud rivers.
- Camden Park415 mi
- Billy Bob's Wonderland4.11.7 mi
- Malibu Jack's Ashland4.724.8 mi
- Water Ways4.428.5 mi
- Lawrence County Ohio Fairgrounds4.25.5 mi
- Marshall Health Network Arena4.210.3 mi
- Joan C. Edwards Stadium4.68.9 mi
- Golden Corral Buffet & Grill425.3 mi
- Golden Corral Buffet & Grill4.323 mi
- Fallsburg Fearplex4.629.3 mi
- Camden Park415 mi
- Ritter Park4.710 mi
- Kenova's Pumpkin House4.716.9 mi
- Barboursville Park4.74.2 mi
- Dave & Buster's Barboursville3.81.2 mi
- Mothman Museum4.728.6 mi
- Heritage Farm Museum & Village4.812.1 mi
- Granny's4.922.7 mi
- Huntington Museum of Art4.810.1 mi
- Tu-Endie-Wei State Park4.728.4 mi
- Camden Park415 mi
- Ritter Park4.710 mi
- Barboursville Park4.74.2 mi
- Beech Fork State Park4.610.2 mi
- West Virginia Pumpkin Festival4.46.9 mi
- Beech Fork Lake Marina4.612.5 mi
- Sugarwood Golf Course4.514 mi
- Creekside Golf Course4.413.1 mi
- Huntington Mall4.31.4 mi
- Gabe's4.37.1 mi
- Pullman Square4.510.1 mi
- Milton Flea Market, Inc4.27.7 mi
- T.J. Maxx & HomeGoods4.41.3 mi
- Huntington Tri-State Airport416.8 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Nationally recognized urban municipal park featuring an award-winning rose garden, walking paths, tennis courts, and playgrounds.
The largest enclosed shopping mall in the state of West Virginia, located in Barboursville.
Public riverfront park located along the Ohio River hosting community events, river recreation, and walking trails.
38,000-seat athletic stadium home to Marshall University Thundering Herd football.
Retrieved via Census Reporter and U.S. Census Bureau ACS releases for Cabell County, WV.