Genoa, West Virginia.
Typical home $118,357 (+4.7% in a year). Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$287 (+86%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,284 +5%
- $113,073$118,357 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $1,558 +1%
- $116,799$118,357 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.
- Genoa$621
- West Virginia$927
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Genoa, WV rose 4.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Genoa, Wayne County, West Virginia
The Census does not count Genoa on its own, so the figures here are Wayne County's. Half the county's households earn more than $58,878 a year and half less; 15% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 79% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Wayne County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Wayne County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Genoa sits in Wayne County, in the far western corner of West Virginia, where the state meets Kentucky and Ohio. Across Wayne County, most homes are lived in by their owners, and the typical home is valued well below the national norm. Residents tend to be older than across the country, and household incomes run lower, with more people living below the poverty line than in most parts of the nation. Winters are cold and bring a fair amount of snow, summers are warm, and rain falls steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in shops and restaurants, hotels and entertainment, with manufacturing also a major source of jobs. Unemployment across Wayne County is lower than a year earlier, though the county had slightly fewer jobs in the most recent year. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than the national average, and few people work from home, so most commute out to their jobs each day.
Things to do. The Big Sandy River runs a short drive away, a good place for those who enjoy being near moving water. East Lynn Lake, a reservoir a short drive off, offers a quieter setting for the outdoors. For indoor time, the Huntington Museum of Art is a longer drive away and houses a museum collection.
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- 15,762households
- 44.8median age
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What people in Wayne County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Wayne County had 8,412 jobs in 2025, 1.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 65°. About 17 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Dunlow Southwest weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Wayne County
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs1,388
- Wayne County SchoolsSchool district995FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters166
- Coalfield DevelopmentRehabilitation job counseling and training, vocational139
- Solar HollerInstallation of photovoltaic panels95
- Marathon Petroleum Logistics ServicesMarine cargo handling78
- Zim's Bagging-Main PlantPlastic bag and pouch manufacturing76
- Wvnh EMPNursing care facilities66
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 15 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 973 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Wayne County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Wayne County and the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro.
Genoa home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Genoa$118,357
- West Virginia$176,576
- United States$366,157
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.
Zip codes with a Genoa address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Genoa — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Genoa
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25517 | Genoa | 1,512 | — | $121,539 |
| 25511 | Dunlow | 855 | — | $95,467 |