The story of this market
The typical home in Marion County, West Virginia sells for about $214,000, or $132 per square foot.
Prices are up +25.4% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 46 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 117% since 2000. Last year 4 of 6 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,071 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,071 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
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: 2005 (+8.8%). Worst: 2013 (-2.3%). 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
$1,331
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 6 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
57
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $29,563,022.
Marion County, West Virginia
The Marion County housing market is experiencing significant price appreciation, with median sale prices rising 25.4% year-over-year to $214,000. Despite this growth, the market remains relatively affordable with a price-to-income ratio of 2.5x. Inventory remains limited, contributing to the upward pressure on home values.
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 25.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 46 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.5% · poverty 13.6% — a stable, low-distress profile.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
In 2024, Marion County recorded a violent crime rate of 512 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1,700 per 100,000, which is higher than most counties nationally.
The county's unemployment rate was 3.5% as of May 2026.
The mean travel time to work for residents is 25.7 minutes.
- Mylan Park4.513.1 mi
- Peak Health Aquatic Center at Mylan Park4.612.8 mi
- Launch Pad Trampoline Park4.415 mi
- XSCAPE Live Escape Room Morgantown516 mi
- Hope Coliseum4.815.7 mi
- Mylan Park4.513.1 mi
- Fright Farm4.228.2 mi
- High Point Raceway4.918.5 mi
- Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center4.818.1 mi
- Valley Falls State Park4.812.4 mi
- Mylan Park4.513.1 mi
- AMC Morgantown 123.914.1 mi
- Pricketts Fort State Park4.77.4 mi
- Mason Dixon Historical Park4.714.2 mi
- Friendship Hill National Historic Site4.723.4 mi
- Historic Philippi Covered Bridge4.827.9 mi
- Arthurdale Heritage, Inc4.822.3 mi
- Spark! Imagination and Science Center4.515.4 mi
- Historic Barrackville Covered Bridge4.73.8 mi
- Valley Falls State Park4.812.4 mi
- Mylan Park4.513.1 mi
- Pricketts Fort State Park4.77.4 mi
- Mason Dixon Historical Park4.714.2 mi
- Krepps Park4.515.9 mi
- Sunset Beach Marina4.122.5 mi
- Pete Dye Golf Club4.514.3 mi
- The Pines Country Club4.619.6 mi
- Paradise Lake Golf Course3.717.2 mi
- Meadowbrook Mall4.315.1 mi
- Morgantown Mall4.114.2 mi
- Rural King4.614.1 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.214.9 mi
- Gabe's4.414.1 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data sourced from Census Reporter and U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts.