Montrose, WV housing market
The typical Montrose home is worth about $149,000, down 0.7% in a year, 17% below the West Virginia typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Montrose compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Montrose at a glance
Typical home value, 2016–2026
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| January | Montrose | West Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $105,000 | $114,000 |
| 2018 | $107,000 | $116,000 |
| 2019 | $114,000 | $120,000 |
| 2020 | $109,000 | $122,000 |
| 2021 | $124,000 | $137,000 |
| 2022 | $136,000 | $149,000 |
| 2023 | $143,000 | $158,000 |
| 2024 | $145,000 | $163,000 |
| 2025 | $155,000 | $175,000 |
| 2026 | $149,000 | $176,000 |
| August 2026 | $149,000 | $180,000 |
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $890
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Montrose is $890 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs.
Studio $670 · 4 bedrooms $1,410
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (26283; Barbour County, WV), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
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. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers.