The story of this market
The typical home in Pocahontas County, West Virginia sells for about $189,900, or $103 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (0%), a market in balance. Homes take about 134 days to sell, which is slow. 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 Moderate.
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
$1,207
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
58
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $6,785,129.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
73.4%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 295 | 154 | 73.4% | 3.4% | $165,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Pocahontas County, West Virginia
The Pocahontas County housing market shows a median listing price of $189,900 with 243 active listings. The area is experiencing a population decline of 3.4% since 2020, and the local economy faces challenges with a median household income of $25,808.
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 sideways 0.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 134 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a slower-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 5.9% · poverty 0.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
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.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
The local economy is characterized by a 5.9% unemployment rate as of May 2026 and a real GDP per person of $35,200 in 2024.
- Monongahela National Forest4.816.6 mi
- Watoga State Park4.714.8 mi
- Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park4.819.8 mi
- Cranberry Glades Botanical Area4.815.8 mi
- Green Bank Telescope4.712.5 mi
- Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park4.819.8 mi
- Green Bank Observatory Science Center4.813.3 mi
- Cass Scenic Railroad State Park4.78 mi
- Monongahela National Forest4.816.6 mi
- Watoga State Park4.714.8 mi
- Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park4.819.8 mi
- Cranberry Glades Botanical Area4.815.8 mi
- Raven Golf Club4.46.5 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data sourced from US Census Bureau QuickFacts and Data Commons.