housing costs · West Virginia
Housing costs in Kanawha 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 | $906 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $879 | ± $23 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $868 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $798 | ± $19 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $147,300 | ± $4,303 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $135,000 | ± $4,001 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $131,200 | ± $4,081 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $118,200 | ± $3,819 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.6 % | ± 1.7 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.8 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.8 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.0 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Kanawha County is $906, above 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.