Zip lookup · WV

26234
Rock Cave, West Virginia.

Rock Cave, Upshur County, WV · Elkins, WV metro · population 1,045

What it costs per month · 26234 $618/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$283 (+85%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $1,511 -1%
$119,208$117,697 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $8,796 +8%
$108,901$117,697 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 26234 $618 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 26234$618
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 45 years.

Typical home values in zip 26234 fell 1.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Rock Cave, WV — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $117,697 as of Sep 2026
-1.3%year on year

Typical home value — 26234

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 26234 $117,697 Elkins $161,871 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2020 2022 2024 2026
  • 26234$117,697
  • Elkins$161,871
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.9 26218 French Creek 2,883 — $131,510
6.4 26343 Crawford 419 — $98,984
8.0 26222 Hacker Valley 309 — $100,362
8.7 26376 Ireland 487 — $130,784
10.2 26237 Tallmansville 579 — $111,529
13.5 26447 Walkersville 1,174 — $148,802
13.7 26372 Horner 635 — $200,503
13.9 26621 Flatwoods 744 — $132,353
14.2 26631 Napier 214 — $130,517
15.0 26280 Mill Creek 1,390 — $130,276
15.4 26627 Heaters 357 — $162,245
15.8 26278 Mabie 622 — $121,403
16.5 26267 Ellamore 650 — $167,884
17.2 26201 Buckhannon 18,689 — $161,398
17.7 26412 Orlando 767 — $119,968
18.9 26288 Webster Springs 3,148 — $78,335
19.1 26282 Monterville 205 — $135,580
19.2 26257 Coalton 820 — $140,253

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.