Daniels, West Virginia.
Typical home $259,954 (+1.4% in a year). Beckley, WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$743 (+120%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,685 +1%
- $256,269$259,954 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $61,888 +31%
- $198,065$259,954 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.
- Daniels$1,364
- West Virginia$927
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Daniels, WV rose 1.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Daniels, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Daniels, in Raleigh County, had 1,654 people in the 2020 census. 93% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 7% are rented. Unemployment in Raleigh County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Raleigh County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Daniels is a small community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where almost everyone lives in a home they own. Typical home values are well above what the county's incomes might suggest, since household incomes across Raleigh County sit a little above the middle of what many West Virginia families earn. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and plenty of snow, while summers are mild and pleasantly warm, with July the warmest.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, restaurants and hotels, and professional and business services. Some of the largest workplaces in Daniels are Beckley Health Partners, an assisted-living facility with on-site nursing, Kroger Mid-Atlantic, a supermarket, and Bimbo Bakeries USA, a warehousing operation. Unemployment across Raleigh County has eased a little over the past year, though the number of jobs in the county has slipped slightly.
Things to do. Little Beaver State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, and Winterplace Ski Resort is also close by for those who enjoy winter on the slopes. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, one of the best known protected areas in the region. The Phillips-Sprague Mine, a museum, is another short drive from town.
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- 7%work from home
What people in Raleigh County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Raleigh County had 32,153 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 62°. About 56 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Beckley Raleigh County Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Daniels
- Beckley Health PartnersAssisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities69
- Kroger Mid-Atlantic KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores66
- Bimbo Bakeries USAPrivate warehousing and storage, general merchandise22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 157 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Daniels’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Raleigh County and the Beckley, WV metro.
Daniels home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Daniels$259,954
- West Virginia$176,576
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Daniels listings — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Daniels20.69%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Daniels31
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Daniels8
Zip codes with a Daniels address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Daniels — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.