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Housing in Hendricks

A typical Hendricks home is worth roughly $133,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$133K
WV $180K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$850
WV $865

What kind of housing town is Hendricks?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Hendricks

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You could afford about
$246,000
Typical Hendricks home $133K

That covers a typical Hendricks home, with $113K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$760
Loan $660Tax $60Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $160 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the West Virginia typical property tax (0.53% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

88% of Hendricks households own their home

Half of Hendricks’s homes were built before 1952.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 12%

West Virginia: 75% own.

1952
typical home built · WV 1976
$850
median property tax bill · WV $865
1%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $920

Renters already here pay a median of $688, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,280
4 bedrooms$1,540
12%
of households rent · WV 25%
17
renter households
$688
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Hendricks in 2025. The last year with any was 2018 (1 new home).

Single-family
01234 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
1
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−44
New homes+2

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Hendricks's population fell by 44 even though 2 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018110$10,000
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010110$150,000
2009110$150,000
2008220$300,000
2007330$450,000
2006440$600,000
2005440$600,000
2004330$450,000
2003220$300,000
2002110$150,000
2001110$150,000
2000110$150,000

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Hendricks vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Hendricks. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Hendricks$133K*—$9200$58,333
Hambleton——$8900$48,750

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. 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.

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