A typical Star home is worth about $231,000
Up 0.8% in a year, 29% above the West Virginia typical home.
Only 1 sale in April 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Star?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190
Renters already here pay a median of $1,020, 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 (Morgantown, WV MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
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 Star home, with $13K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190 a month here, $110 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Star’s typical property tax (0.46% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Up 9.4% in five years
Slower than West Virginia (22.5%).
Show as a table
| January | Star | West Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $178,000 | $114,000 |
| 2018 | $184,000 | $116,000 |
| 2019 | $187,000 | $120,000 |
| 2020 | $188,000 | $122,000 |
| 2021 | $207,000 | $137,000 |
| 2022 | $212,000 | $149,000 |
| 2023 | $220,000 | $158,000 |
| 2024 | $227,000 | $163,000 |
| 2025 | $228,000 | $175,000 |
| 2026 | $228,000 | $176,000 |
| August 2026 | $231,000 | $180,000 |
A typical Star home worth $180K in September 2016 is worth about $231K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Star in 2025. That's 0.5 per 1,000 residents, slower than across West Virginia (2.9). Over the past 10 years, Star has permitted 5 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Star's population fell by 46 even though 56 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) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $409,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $409,000 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $433,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $75,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $190,000 |
| 2014 | 40 | 1 | 39 | $3.7 million |
| 2013 | 8 | 3 | 5 | $1 million |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 5 | $620,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $125,000 |
| 2008 | 15 | 0 | 15 | $1.1 million |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $272,000 |
| 2006 | 115 | 115 | 0 | $8.4 million |
| 2005 | 22 | 13 | 9 | $2.3 million |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $369,000 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $341,000 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $419,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $164,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
37% of Star households own their home
Half of Star’s homes were built before 1984.
West Virginia: 75% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Star vs. its neighbors
Star is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star | $231K | +0.8% | $1,190 | 1 | $59,123 |
| Morgantown | $286K | +3.5% | $1,160 | 6 | $44,727 |
| Granville | $136K | +4.2% | $1,100 | 0 | $31,901 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Star 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, April 2026. 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.