The story of this market
The typical home in South Charleston, West Virginia sells for about $169,900, or $106 per square foot.
Homes take about 140 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $901 a month.
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.
South Charleston, West Virginia
The South Charleston housing market shows a median listing price of $169,900 with a stable owner-occupancy rate of 70.6%. Market data for specific metrics like sales volume and days on market are limited or unavailable for the city-proper, necessitating caution in assessing current liquidity. The city has experienced a population decline of 5.9% since 2020, which may influence long-term demand.
No ARED county foreclosure postings attributed to South Charleston yet — the verified ledger covers every county the foreclosure ingest has read, attributed by published city area. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Deterministic aggregate of 1 researched ZIP reports — 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.
Median prices moved up 2.1% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 45 days on market with 4.8 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
13% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 97.2% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) — a stable, low-distress profile.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts for South Charleston city, West Virginia.
No public schools report a street address in this area. Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2023-24.