Home values, rents and more in Lester, WV
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Lester compares
The typical home in Lester, WV is worth about $137,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Lester are 9% below the typical value in the Beckley metro area ($150,000) and 63% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Lester rose 3.7%, compared with +2.0% in the Beckley metro area and +1.2% nationally.
About 377 people live in Lester (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Lester has the 9th-lowest typical home value of the 23 cities in the Beckley metro area and the 136th-highest of 272 in West Virginia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Raleigh County, WV · Beckley 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.