housing costs · West Virginia
Housing costs in Putnam 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 | $952 | ± $81 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $975 | ± $94 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,007 | ± $86 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $862 | ± $108 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $223,300 | ± $9,119 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $214,200 | ± $8,540 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $202,300 | ± $9,891 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $176,300 | ± $7,577 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 27.4 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.8 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 25.9 % | ± 3.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 26.4 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Putnam County is $952, 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.