Preston County, West Virginia.
Typical home $145,690 (+5.9% in a year), asking rent $1,000 . Morgantown, WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$423 (+124%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,126 +6%
- $137,564$145,690 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $33,685 +30%
- $112,005$145,690 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.
- Preston County$765
- 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 Preston County, WV rose 5.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Preston County, WV home values
Against the state and national figures. Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Preston County$145,690
- West Virginia$176,576
- United States$366,157
Property taxes
The Census’s survey of what owners say they pay. Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s.
Got this county's reappraisal notice in hand? Check your property taxes — anonymous, and it helps close the two-year data gap.
The reassessment wedge (index, Dec 2017 = 100)
Home values move monthly; tax bills move when the assessor catches up. The space between the lines is the catch-up still to come — tax data is ACS, roughly two years behind, and that lag is the point. Where a roll segment appears, named by its release year, it bridges to the median bill on current assessment rolls (AssessorSearch Data Lab, a different instrument, shown only where it agrees with ACS levels).
- Home value162
- Median tax bill159
Zip codes in Preston County, WV
By share of each zip's area inside this county — a zip straddling a boundary appears here and in its neighbour, which is the truth of it.
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | In county sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | 1-yr Δ activate to sort by 1-yr Δ | Home value activate to sort by Home value | 1-yr Δ activate to sort by 1-yr Δ |
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| 26547 | Arthurdale | 100% | — | — | $196,123 | +6.8% |
| 26537 | Kingwood | 100% | — | — | $180,306 | +4.5% |
| 26764 | Terra Alta | 100% | — | — | $178,931 | +3.9% |
| 26519 | Albright | 100% | — | — | $164,708 | +5.6% |
| 26716 | Eglon | 100% | — | — | $154,247 | +10.5% |
| 26705 | Rowlesburg | 100% | — | — | $140,273 | +5.6% |
| 26444 | Rowlesburg | 100% | — | — | $116,069 | +4.9% |
| 26410 | Newburg | 100% | — | — | $107,944 | -3.5% |
| 26525 | Bruceton Mills | 100% | — | — | $80,055 | -7.5% |
| 26425 | Rowlesburg | 97% | — | — | $96,581 | +9.9% |
| 26542 | Masontown | 75% | — | — | $173,651 | +2.6% |
| 26374 | Independence | 71% | — | — | $199,552 | +5.4% |
| 26440 | Grafton | 31% | — | — | $181,210 | +6.1% |
| 26405 | Philippi | 25% | — | — | $142,025 | -0.7% |
| 26287 | Parsons | 1% | — | — | $120,932 | -3.9% |