Home values, rents and more in Jefferson, WV
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Jefferson compares
The typical home in Jefferson, WV is worth about $116,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Jefferson are 21% below the typical value in the Charleston metro area ($147,000) and 68% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Jefferson fell 7.0%, compared with +1.1% in the Charleston metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $39,861, against $60,117 in the Charleston metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 534 people live in Jefferson (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Jefferson has the 11th-highest typical home value of the 24 cities in the Charleston metro area and the 89th-lowest of 272 in West Virginia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Kanawha County, WV · Charleston 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.