Zip lookup · WV

26270
Bowden, West Virginia.

Bowden, Randolph County, WV · Elkins, WV metro · population 934

What it costs per month · 26270 $718/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$360 (+100%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $2,337 +2%
$134,504$136,841 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $19,647 +17%
$117,194$136,841 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 26270 $718 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 26270$718
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 22 years.

Typical home values in zip 26270 rose 1.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $136,841 as of Sep 2026
+1.7%year on year

Typical home value — 26270

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 26270 $136,841 Elkins $161,871 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 26270$136,841
  • Elkins$161,871
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.5 26254 Bowden 137 — $173,103
8.3 26814 Riverton 440 — $231,028
10.9 26884 Seneca Rocks 204 — $218,720
12.6 26241 Elkins 14,102 — $174,069
12.7 26804 Circleville 530 — $180,550
13.4 26263 Dryfork 206 — $190,177
13.8 26268 Glady 34 — $79,590
13.8 26253 Beverly 2,589 — $182,961
16.7 24920 Bartow 356 — $123,117
17.3 26276 Kerens 797 — $155,009
18.1 26807 Franklin 2,228 — $215,331
18.2 26293 Valley Bend 661 — $166,246
18.8 26866 Upper Tract 989 — $213,963
19.5 26264 Durbin 618 — $120,545

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