The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 26294 sells for about $325,000, or $155 per square foot.
Prices are up +1.6% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 22 days to sell, which is fast. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,450 a month.
ZIP 26294 — Valley Head
The housing market in 26294 shows moderate price appreciation with tight inventory levels. Sales activity remains steady, and homes are selling near the asking price, indicating a balanced but competitive environment for buyers.
Median prices moved up 1.6% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 22 days on market with 1.6 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
12% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 100.1% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 2.3% · poverty 17.6% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Researched annual trajectory for this ZIP, from published historical series
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 6.5%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Median annual property tax paid on this ZIP's residential parcels
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 5.8%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
versus the prior ACS vintage
ZCTA 26294, Tucker County WV
ZCTA-level data extracted from Census Bureau ACS 5-year tables.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.