housing costs · West Virginia
Housing costs in McDowell 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 | $643 | ± $47 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $686 | ± $72 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $601 | ± $104 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $627 | ± $65 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $50,000 | ± $4,822 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $49,200 | ± $5,200 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $47,500 | ± $9,861 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $43,700 | ± $5,675 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 31.1 % | ± 13.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.8 % | ± 7.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 40.8 % | ± 20.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 34.2 % | ± 4.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in McDowell County is $643, 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.