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Home values, rents and more in Salem, WV

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$127,000
Metro: $154,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+5.8%
Metro: +1.7% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,629
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$38,529
Metro: $59,928 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Salem, WV, shaded by typical home valueSalem26426
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ZIP codes around Salem, WV, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Salem is outlined.

How Salem compares

The typical home in Salem, WV is worth about $127,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Salem are 17% below the typical value in the Clarksburg metro area ($154,000) and 65% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Salem rose 5.8%, compared with +1.7% in the Clarksburg metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $38,529, against $59,928 in the Clarksburg metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,629 people live in Salem (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Salem has the 7th-highest typical home value of the 14 cities in the Clarksburg metro area and the 113th-lowest of 272 in West Virginia with Zillow figures.

Part of: Harrison County, WV · Clarksburg 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.

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