War, WV housing market
The typical War home is worth about $40,000, down 14.9% in a year, 78% below the West Virginia typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how War compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
War at a glance
Typical home value, 2019–2026
Show as a table
| January | War | West Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $35,000 | $122,000 |
| 2021 | $50,000 | $137,000 |
| 2022 | $58,000 | $149,000 |
| 2023 | $47,000 | $158,000 |
| 2024 | $45,000 | $163,000 |
| 2025 | $49,000 | $175,000 |
| 2026 | $41,000 | $176,000 |
| August 2026 | $40,000 | $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 $870
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in War is $870 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in War pay a median of $703, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Studio $660 · 4 bedrooms $1,150
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (24892, 24894; McDowell 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.