A typical Hinton home is worth about $146,000
Up 4.8% in a year, 19% below the West Virginia typical home.
What kind of housing town is Hinton?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.9 years of income
More than across West Virginia (3 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Hinton home, with $11K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $870 a month here, $40 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Hinton’s typical property tax (0.51% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
70% of Hinton households own their home
Half of Hinton’s homes were built before 1950.
West Virginia: 75% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Up 26.9% in five years
Faster than West Virginia (22.5%).
Show as a table
| January | Hinton | West Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $84,000 | $114,000 |
| 2018 | $83,000 | $116,000 |
| 2019 | $89,000 | $120,000 |
| 2020 | $89,000 | $122,000 |
| 2021 | $107,000 | $137,000 |
| 2022 | $117,000 | $149,000 |
| 2023 | $124,000 | $158,000 |
| 2024 | $123,000 | $163,000 |
| 2025 | $136,000 | $175,000 |
| 2026 | $140,000 | $176,000 |
| August 2026 | $146,000 | $180,000 |
A typical Hinton home worth $86K in September 2016 is worth about $146K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $870
Renters already here pay a median of $951.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Raleigh County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Hinton in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Hinton's population fell by 431 even though 3 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
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $299,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $299,000 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $85,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $54,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $185,000 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $258,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $258,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $95,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $95,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $95,000 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $288,000 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $240,000 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $240,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
On the market in Hinton
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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.