Home values, rents and more in Fairmont, WV
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Fairmont compares
The typical home in Fairmont, WV is worth about $193,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Fairmont are 16% above the typical value in the Fairmont metro area ($167,000) and 47% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Fairmont rose 3.0%, compared with +2.3% in the Fairmont metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,170 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Fairmont metro area ($1,171) and 39% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $63,032, against $67,370 in the Fairmont metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 18,221 people live in Fairmont (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Fairmont has the 3rd-highest typical home value of the 13 cities in the Fairmont metro area and the 55th-highest of 272 in West Virginia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Marion County, WV · Fairmont metro area · West Virginia
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.