housing costs · West Virginia
Housing costs in Preston 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 | $750 | ± $77 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $753 | ± $64 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $738 | ± $62 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $672 | ± $67 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $162,800 | ± $6,962 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $157,700 | ± $7,728 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $147,400 | ± $9,435 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $128,800 | ± $8,536 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.4 % | ± 4.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.6 % | ± 3.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 27.1 % | ± 4.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 25.3 % | ± 3.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Preston County is $750, 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.