Yawkey, West Virginia.
Typical home $107,831 (-7.4% in a year). Charleston, WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$258 (+84%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $8,667 -7%
- $116,498$107,831 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $3,076 +3%
- $104,755$107,831 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.
- Yawkey$566
- West Virginia$927
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Yawkey, WV fell 7.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Yawkey, Lincoln County, West Virginia
The Census does not count Yawkey on its own, so the figures here are Lincoln County's. Half the county's households earn more than $46,205 a year and half less; 23% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 74% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Lincoln County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 7.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Lincoln 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Yawkey is a small town in Lincoln County, West Virginia, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Across the county, the population is older than in much of the country, and a considerable share of households live below the poverty line. Homes are modest in price compared with much of the country, and many neighbors have lived here for a long time.
Work. Jobs in the county have been growing, and unemployment has eased over the past year. Many residents work in schools, hospitals, social care, shops, professional and business services, and government. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country, commutes are long, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Hilbert Wildlife Management Area, a protected area in or beside town, is the closest place to spend time outdoors. Joes Creek, a river a short drive away, and the Huntington Museum of Art, a museum a longer drive away, offer other options. Winters are cold with a fair amount of snow, and summers are warm, so plan outings with the seasons in mind.
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- 7,673households
- 44.1median age
- 8%of adults have a degree
- 23%below the poverty line
- 34 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Lincoln County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lincoln County had 2,608 jobs in 2025, 7.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 64°. About 18 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hamlin weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lincoln County
- Lincoln County SchoolsSchool district477FTE
- Choice Care At Home - CharlestonActivity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities230
- Wvnh EMPNursing care facilities75
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 305 people in all. 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
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Lincoln 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 Lincoln County and the Charleston, WV metro.
Yawkey home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Yawkey$107,831
- 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 Yawkey address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Yawkey — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Yawkey
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25564 | Sod | 1,335 | — | $132,729 |
| 25521 | Griffithsville | 897 | — | $105,922 |
| 25573 | Yawkey | 600 | — | $104,943 |