The story of this market
The typical home in Monroe County, West Virginia sells for about $196,128, or $150 per square foot.
Prices are up +7.93% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 29 days to sell, which is fast. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $944 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $944 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively High.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+8.9%
WV · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,307
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
84
Relatively High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $6,323,330.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
66%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 379 | 181 | 66% | 3.8% | $135,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Monroe County, West Virginia
The Monroe County housing market is currently balanced with a median home value of approximately $196,128. Market activity shows steady year-over-year price appreciation of 7.93% despite limited inventory. Buyers and sellers are navigating a market where homes typically sell near the asking price.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved down 0.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 48 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0.08% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.5% · poverty 14.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 4 researched ZIP reports of 5 — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 24910 | Alderson | $153,900 | $135 | +2.1% | 120 | 96% | 12% | 8.5 | 15 | $713 | researched Sep 26 |
| 24945 | Greenville | $31,562 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 129 | $687 | researched Sep 26 |
| 24951 | Lindside | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | researched Sep 26 |
| 24963 | Peterstown | $125,250 | $86 | — | 67 | — | — | — | 37 | $1,041 | researched Sep 26 |
| 24983 | Union | $240,000 | $104 | -7% | 78 | — | — | — | 20 | $615 | researched Sep 26 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
The local economy is characterized by a 3.5% unemployment rate as of May 2026.
Data aggregated from Census QuickFacts and Census Reporter profiles.