Zip lookup · WV

26537
Kingwood, West Virginia.

Kingwood, Preston County, WV · Morgantown, WV metro · population 5,276

What it costs per month · 26537 $946/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$512 (+118%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $7,769 +5%
$172,537$180,306 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $37,975 +27%
$142,331$180,306 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 26537 $946 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 26537$946
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.

Typical home values in zip 26537 rose 4.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $180,306 as of Sep 2026
+4.5%year on year

Typical home value — 26537

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 26537 $180,306 Morgantown $224,690 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 26537$180,306
  • Morgantown$224,690
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.5 26547 Reedsville 2,828 — $196,123
6.3 26519 Albright 2,363 — $164,708
7.4 26542 Masontown 2,067 — $173,651
8.2 26410 Newburg 577 — $107,944
8.4 26764 Terra Alta 4,175 — $178,931
8.5 26444 Tunnelton 3,490 — $116,069
9.4 26374 Independence 1,676 — $199,552
12.0 26425 Rowlesburg 999 — $96,581
12.7 26508 Morgantown 40,231 $3,571 $329,295
12.8 26525 Bruceton Mills 8,630 — $80,055
13.5 26705 Aurora 716 — $140,273
14.9 26440 Thornton 1,046 — $181,210
16.9 26505 Morgantown 37,492 $1,315 $256,662
17.9 15440 Gibbon Glade 297 — $223,887
18.3 21550 Oakland 13,691 — $297,643
18.4 26716 Eglon 944 — $154,247
18.9 15451 Lake Lynn 675 — $129,232
19.0 21541 McHenry 1,335 — $630,641
19.1 21531 Friendsville 2,487 — $221,718
19.3 26354 Grafton 9,558 — $154,707
20.0 26405 Moatsville 803 — $142,025

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