The story of this market
The typical home in Wyoming County, West Virginia sells for about $125,000, or $76 per square foot.
Prices are down 2.4% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 112 days to sell, which is slow. The biggest natural hazard here is riverine flooding, 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 High.
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
$1,273
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.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
93
Relatively High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $19,636,168.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
60.7%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 239 | 112 | 60.7% | 0% | $80,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia
The Wyoming County housing market is characterized by low price points and limited inventory, reflecting a long-term population decline. Market activity remains slow with a high months-of-supply metric, indicating a buyer-favorable environment for those seeking affordable rural property. Economic transition away from coal continues to influence local demand and development momentum.
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 down 1.5% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 7 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0.64% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 6.8% · poverty 19.4% — a mixed stability profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 4 researched ZIP reports of 5 — 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.
Wyoming 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 4.4%/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.
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| 24726 | Herndon | $185,000 | $76 | -13.3% | 51 | — | — | — | 73 | $810 | researched Sep 26 |
| 24821 | — | $250,000 | $172 | +233.3% | 376 | 100% | 100% | 3 | 6 | $1,200 | researched Sep 26 |
| 24870 | Oceana | $58,600 | $48 | -5% | 56 | 96% | 15% | 4 | 12 | $842 | researched Sep 26 |
| 24874 | Pineville | $98,100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $541 | researched Sep 26 |
| 25882 | Mullens | $145,000 | $98 | +2.4% | 62 | 97.5% | 18% | 4.1 | 45 | $510 | 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.
The local economy is historically tied to coal extraction, with ongoing efforts to diversify through tourism related to the Hatfield-McCoy Trail System.
Property taxes are administered at the county level based on assessed values; West Virginia utilizes a statewide assessment ratio of 60% of market value.
The economy is transitioning from a traditional coal-based industrial base toward outdoor recreation and tourism-related services.
The Wyoming County Assessor is responsible for the valuation of all real and personal property within the county jurisdiction.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Extensive off-road vehicle trail network serving as a primary regional tourism anchor.
Data retrieved from US Census Bureau QuickFacts and ACS 5-year summary tables.