housing costs · West Virginia
Housing costs in Wood 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 | $822 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $789 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $780 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $755 | ± $25 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $158,500 | ± $4,640 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $153,700 | ± $5,351 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $140,700 | ± $5,378 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $129,600 | ± $5,948 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.5 % | ± 1.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.4 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 31.3 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.9 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Wood County is $822, 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.