Home values, rents and more in the Charleston metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Charleston metro compares
The typical home in the Charleston metro area is worth about $147,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Charleston 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 Charleston metro rose 1.1%, compared with +2.6% in West Virginia and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,210 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as West Virginia ($1,223) and 37% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $60,117, against $59,608 in West Virginia and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 200,170 people live in the Charleston metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Charleston metro has the 81st-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 4th-lowest of 11 in West Virginia with Zillow figures.
Part of: West Virginia
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Charleston metro
Cities in the Charleston metro
- Charleston, WV $162,000
- South Charleston, WV $172,000
- Saint Albans, WV $152,000
- Dunbar, WV $121,000
- Nitro, WV $143,000
- Sissonville, WV $172,000
- Madison, WV $144,000
- Chesapeake, WV $94,983
- Belle, WV $115,000
- Marmet, WV $98,846
- Clendenin, WV $127,000
- Glasgow, WV $120,000
- East Bank, WV $96,181
- Elkview, WV $183,000
- Danville, WV $111,000
- Jefferson, WV $116,000
- Cedar Grove, WV $71,174
- Pratt, WV $108,000
- Handley, WV $49,167
- Clay, WV $110,000
- Racine, WV $93,906
- Eskdale, WV $63,158
- Whitesville, WV $69,693
- Sylvester, WV $56,602
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.