The story of this market
The typical home in Mineral County, West Virginia sells for about $175,000, or $110 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (+0.8%), a market in balance. Homes take about 17 days to sell, which is fast. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 80% since 2003. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $944 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $944 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2003–2025
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: 2006 (+21.6%). Worst: 2010 (-8.1%). 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
$1,243
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, 2003–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 2 census tracts in this county (2003 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
74
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $14,714,038.
Mineral County, West Virginia
Mineral County is a rural, cost-affordable market with a high homeownership rate and stable home values. The market currently functions as a buyer's market due to supply levels exceeding demand, resulting in homes selling slightly below the asking price.
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 0.8% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 17 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 97% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 6.0% · poverty 14.3% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Mineral 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 7.6%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
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.
The county features a mature, rural economy with a labor force participation rate of 53.6% and a reliance on local employment sectors.
The rental market is characterized by low median gross rents, with some units available for as low as $740 per month.
The economy is modest with a 6.0% unemployment rate and a workforce where approximately 22.8% hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
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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 US Census Bureau QuickFacts and FDI Connect