housing costs · West Virginia
Housing costs in Ritchie 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 | $579 | ± $154 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $583 | ± $78 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $657 | ± $135 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $618 | ± $35 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $115,900 | ± $8,350 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $107,800 | ± $8,148 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $105,200 | ± $6,726 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $97,100 | ± $6,483 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.7 % | ± 12.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 25.5 % | ± 9.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.0 % | ± 13.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 32.6 % | ± 8.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Ritchie County is $579, 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.