Housing in Brush Fork

A typical Brush Fork home is worth roughly $96,000

Home prices around Brush Fork have risen about 44% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value

$96K

▼ 7.3% in a year · WV $180K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$890

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$425

WV $865

What kind of housing town is Brush Fork?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

Your money goes further47% below the West Virginia typical home.Prices coolingDown 7.3% in a year.A town of owners90% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.4 years of income

Less than across West Virginia (3 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$290,000

Typical Brush Fork home $96K

That covers a typical Brush Fork home, with $194K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$540

Loan $470Tax $40Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $890 a month here, $350 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brush Fork’s typical property tax (0.47% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 44% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Brush Fork rose 44% over the past 5 years, faster than across West Virginia (40%). Last year prices fell 7.3%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Brush Fork home at roughly $96,000 today.

Brush Fork areaWest Virginia

−7.3%

past year

+44%

past 5 years

+51%

past 10 years

Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $96K.

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Brush Fork, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

The homes

90% of Brush Fork households own their home

Half of Brush Fork’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters

Own 90%Rent 10%

West Virginia: 75% own.

1976

typical home built · WV 1976

$425

median property tax bill · WV $865

0.47%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · WV 0.53%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $890

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$610

1 bedroom$710

2 bedrooms$890

3 bedrooms$1,200

4 bedrooms$1,250

10%

of households rent · WV 25%

renter households

100%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · WV 49%

15%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Mercer County, WV): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.