Home values, rents and more in the Wheeling metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Wheeling metro compares
The typical home in the Wheeling metro area is worth about $141,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Wheeling metro are 20% below the typical value in West Virginia ($177,000) and 61% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Wheeling metro rose 2.8%, compared with +2.6% in West Virginia and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $864 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 29% below West Virginia ($1,223) and 55% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 0.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $57,418, against $59,608 in West Virginia and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 134,089 people live in the Wheeling metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Wheeling metro has the 62nd-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 2nd-lowest of 11 in West Virginia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Ohio · West Virginia
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Wheeling metro
Cities in the Wheeling metro
- Wheeling, WV $153,000
- Moundsville, WV $131,000
- Martins Ferry, OH $94,699
- Saint Clairsville, OH $207,000
- Barnesville, OH $144,000
- Bellaire, OH $90,765
- Shadyside, OH $144,000
- Bethlehem, WV $220,000
- McMechen, WV $98,843
- West Liberty, WV $152,000
- Glen Dale, WV $200,000
- Bridgeport, OH $89,142
- Powhatan Point, OH $115,000
- Bethesda, OH $146,000
- Benwood, WV $135,000
- Flushing, OH $97,826
- Yorkville, OH $109,000
- Triadelphia, WV $177,000
- Brookside, OH $104,000
- Cameron, WV $92,292
- Clearview, WV $213,000
- Belmont, OH $187,000
- Valley Grove, WV $184,000
- Morristown, OH $112,000
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.