A typical Rupert home is worth about $114,000
About the same as a year ago, 37% below the West Virginia typical home.
What kind of housing town is Rupert?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 4 years of income
More than across West Virginia (3 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Rupert home, with $3K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $870 a month here, $230 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Rupert’s typical property tax (0.43% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Up 8.7% in five years
Slower than West Virginia (22.5%).
Show as a table
| January | Rupert | West Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $76,000 | $114,000 |
| 2018 | $80,000 | $116,000 |
| 2019 | $81,000 | $120,000 |
| 2020 | $77,000 | $122,000 |
| 2021 | $92,000 | $137,000 |
| 2022 | $103,000 | $149,000 |
| 2023 | $119,000 | $158,000 |
| 2024 | $116,000 | $163,000 |
| 2025 | $120,000 | $175,000 |
| 2026 | $119,000 | $176,000 |
| August 2026 | $114,000 | $180,000 |
A typical Rupert home worth $74K in September 2016 is worth about $114K 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 $634, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Greenbrier County, WV): 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 Rupert in 2025. The last year with any was 2011 (3 new homes).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Rupert's population fell by 65 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $210,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $339,000 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $283,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $60,000 |
Rupert's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
61% of Rupert households own their home
Half of Rupert’s homes were built before 1979.
West Virginia: 75% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
On the market in Rupert
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Rupert buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.