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Housing in Raleigh

A typical Raleigh home is worth roughly $46,000

Typical home value
$46K
WV $180K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,020
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Raleigh?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Raleigh

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$246,000
Typical Raleigh home $46K

That covers a typical Raleigh home, with $200K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$260
Loan $230Tax $20Insurance $10

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $760 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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

72% of Raleigh households own their home

Half of Raleigh’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 72%Rent 28%

West Virginia: 75% own.

1938
typical home built · WV 1976

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 $1,020

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$1,020
3 bedrooms$1,430
4 bedrooms$1,500
28%
of households rent · WV 25%
43
renter households

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.

Next door

Raleigh vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Raleigh$46K*—$1,020—$47,788
Beckley$152K+2.4%$9501$45,826

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. 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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