Moorefield, West Virginia.
Typical home $205,193 (+3.6% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$614 (+133%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,090 +4%
- $198,103$205,193 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $41,807 +26%
- $163,386$205,193 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.
- Moorefield$1,077
- West Virginia$927
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Moorefield, WV rose 3.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia
Moorefield is a town of 2,524 people in Hardy County. Half its households earn more than $49,063 a year and half less, against $49,272 across Hardy County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Hardy County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Moorefield is a small town in Hardy County, West Virginia, with a population on the older side. Incomes here are close to the county's, and homes cost more than the typical figure for the area would suggest of a town this size. Very few adults hold a four-year degree, and most people live a short drive from wherever they work.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, and in shops, with some in farming and forestry. Poultry processing is a major employer in town, with Pilgrims and Pilgrims Moorefield PF among the largest workplaces, and Food Lion is another. Hardy County's jobless rate has eased over the past year, though the number of jobs has been roughly steady.
Things to do. A short drive away, South Branch Wildlife Management Area is a protected area for walking and watching wildlife, and Lunice Creek is a river nearby. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to Elakala Falls and Blackwater Falls, both waterfalls, and to Lost River State Park. Winters are cold and snowy, with warm summers, so the falls and parks suit different seasons.
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- 948households
- 5%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 14 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hardy County had 6,072 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 42° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 61°. About 21 inches of snow and 35 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Moorefield Sse weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Moorefield
- PilgrimsProcessed poultry manufacturing1,120
- Pilgrims Moorefield PFPoultry processing660
- Food LionGrocery stores42
- Food Safety and Inspection ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture24
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,822 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). 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
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Moorefield’s 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 Hardy County.
Moorefield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Moorefield$205,193
- 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.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Moorefield13
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Moorefield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Moorefield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.