housing costs · West Virginia
Housing costs in Monongalia 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 | $987 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $943 | ± $30 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $929 | ± $22 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $868 | ± $19 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $267,700 | ± $8,091 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $254,200 | ± $7,118 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $242,100 | ± $6,232 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $221,600 | ± $7,357 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 32.9 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 33.5 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 34.0 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 32.5 % | ± 1.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Monongalia County is $987, 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.