housing costs · West Virginia
Housing costs in Mercer 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 | $810 | ± $47 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $813 | ± $53 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $777 | ± $50 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $743 | ± $29 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $121,700 | ± $10,048 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $118,600 | ± $7,003 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $115,100 | ± $7,585 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $104,100 | ± $6,470 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.4 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.0 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.5 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 30.4 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Mercer County is $810, 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.