West Union, West Virginia.
Typical home $121,882 (+10.6% in a year). Clarksburg, WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$341 (+114%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,681 +11%
- $110,201$121,882 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $24,356 +25%
- $97,526$121,882 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.
- West Union$640
- West Virginia$927
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in West Union, WV rose 10.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in West Union, Doddridge County, West Virginia
West Union is a town of 653 people in Doddridge County. Unemployment in Doddridge County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 4.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Doddridge County work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. West Union is a very small town and the seat of Doddridge County, in the hills of northern West Virginia. Household incomes across the county run a little below the national picture, and the typical home here is modestly priced. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow are plentiful through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in transport, warehouses and utilities, manufacturing, and restaurants and hotels. Across Doddridge County, among the largest workplaces are Doddridge County Schools and Genesis Healthcare, a skilled nursing provider. Unemployment in the county is a little lower than a year ago, and the county has gained jobs over the past year.
Things to do. The Silas P. Smith Opera House, a theatre, stands in or beside town, and Middle Island Creek, a river, runs close by as well. A short drive away, Arnold Creek and Sandy Run offer more water to explore. For a longer outing, the North Bend Rail Trail, a protected area, is a longer drive away.
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- 27 mintypical commute
What people in Doddridge County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Doddridge County had 1,632 jobs in 2025, 4.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 41° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 62°. About 23 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the West Union weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Doddridge County
- Doddridge County SchoolsSchool district238FTE
- Genesis HealthcareSkilled nursing facilities68
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1 workplace with 20 or more staff, 68 people in all across the county; West Union has none of its own. School districts come 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
- Inland floodingVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in West Union’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 Doddridge County and the Clarksburg, WV metro.
West Union home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- West Union$121,882
- 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.
- West Union8
Zip codes with a West Union address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls West Union — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.