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Home values, rents and more in the Bluefield metro area

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

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Typical home value
$147,000
West Virginia: $177,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+1.6%
West Virginia: +2.6% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$786/mo
West Virginia: $1,223 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+5.2%
West Virginia: +0.9% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
96,138
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$50,550
West Virginia: $59,608 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around the Bluefield metro, shaded by typical home valueMcDowellTazewellWyomingBuchananWytheSmythRaleighMercerRussellBlandSummersGilesPulaskiWashington
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  • $99k–$150k
  • $150k–$180k
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Counties around the Bluefield metro, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). The metro area is outlined.

How the Bluefield metro compares

The typical home in the Bluefield metro area is worth about $147,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Bluefield metro are 17% below the typical value in West Virginia ($177,000) and 60% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in the Bluefield metro rose 1.6%, compared with +2.6% in West Virginia and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $786 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 36% below West Virginia ($1,223) and 59% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.2% over the past year.

The median household income is $50,550, against $59,608 in West Virginia and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 96,138 people live in the Bluefield metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

The Bluefield metro has the 80th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 3rd-lowest of 11 in West Virginia with Zillow figures.

Part of: Virginia · 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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