housing costs · West Virginia
Housing costs in Clay County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $651 | ± $80 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $589 | ± $92 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $582 | ± $60 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $530 | ± $56 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $109,100 | ± $17,906 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $107,100 | ± $9,756 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $100,800 | ± $14,151 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $87,700 | ± $8,254 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 39.2 % | ± 27.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 39.9 % | ± 34.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 37.2 % | ± 15.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 38.4 % | ± 21.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Clay County is $651, below the West Virginia median of $771 across 55 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.