The story of this market
The typical home in Nicholas County, West Virginia sells for about $195,000, or $122 per square foot.
Prices are up +6.01% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 152 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 67% since 2001. The biggest natural hazard here is cold wave, which FEMA rates very high. 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, 2001–2025
-6.8%
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 (+14.8%). Worst: 2025 (-6.8%). 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
$1,125
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, 2001–2025
-6.8%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 1 census tracts in this county (2001 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
76
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $14,253,642.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
67%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 574 | 293 | 67% | 8.3% | $135,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia
The Nicholas County housing market is a small, low-velocity environment where median figures are highly volatile due to extremely low transaction volumes. With only 5 closed sales in the most recent month and limited active inventory, the market remains constrained by broader economic challenges including a high poverty rate and declining population.
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: median price corroborated by the prior refresh cycle (within 12.5%).
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Median prices moved up 6.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 152 days on market with 1.2 months of supply — a balanced-paced 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 8.6% · poverty 17.8% — a mixed stability 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.
The local economy is characterized by a constrained labor market with an unemployment rate of 8.6% and limited economic momentum.
The economy is marked by a low labor force participation rate and a reliance on traditional sectors, with median worker earnings of $34,059.
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- Tractor Bar4.410 mi
- Gad Dam Brewing (GDB)4.75.9 mi
- Rail Explorers: Elk River Division4.818.5 mi
- Kirkwood Winery4.62.8 mi
- Gauley River National Recreation Area4.814.3 mi
- Nicholas County Veterans Memorial Park4.63.7 mi
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- New River Gorge Bridge4.925 mi
- Cathedral Cafe4.626.6 mi
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- Mountain Lake Campground and Cabins4.28.6 mi
- Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park4.812.6 mi
- Long Point Trail at Summersville Lake4.88.6 mi
- Nicholas County Veterans Memorial Park4.63.7 mi
- Upper Gauley River Put-In4.810.3 mi
- Summersville Lake Marina4.78.9 mi
- Sutton Lake Marina4.523 mi
- Merchants Walk4.14.3 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 US Census Bureau QuickFacts and ACS estimates.