The story of this market
The typical home in Ritchie County, West Virginia sells for about $115,968, or $78 per square foot.
Prices are down 5.07% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 46 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $944 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $944 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+8.9%
WV · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,170
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
79
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $5,944,877.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
67.1%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 181 | 92 | 67.1% | 5.6% | $125,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Ritchie County, West Virginia
The Ritchie County housing market is experiencing a cooling trend with median home values declining year-over-year. Limited inventory and a shrinking population base are contributing to a slower sales pace and downward pressure on pricing. Buyers currently face a market with few options and limited economic growth momentum.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 28.1% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 51 days on market with 0.2 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
1% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 19.01% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.1% · poverty 16.5% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 3 researched ZIP reports of 7 — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Ritchie County, West Virginia — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 3.8%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 26325 | Auburn | $357,000 | $158 | +155% | 277 | 98.5% | 7.3% | 1 | 179 | $845 | researched Sep 26 |
| 26337 | Cairo | $117,000 | $71,500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | $475 | researched Sep 26 |
| 26346 | Ellenboro | $111,821 | $85 | +2.1% | 120 | 96% | 5% | 7.5 | 15 | $725 | researched Sep 26 |
| 26351 | Glenville | $169,000 | $91 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | $891 | researched Sep 26 |
| 26362 | Harrisville | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $492 | researched Sep 26 |
| 26384 | Linn | $145,000 | $98 | +2.4% | 62 | 96.5% | 12% | 4.1 | 48 | $950 | researched Sep 26 |
| 26416 | Pennsboro | $132,000 | $85 | +2.1% | 92 | 96.5% | 12% | 6.4 | 48 | $793 | researched Sep 26 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Property taxes are assessed by the Ritchie County Assessor based on 60% of fair market value, with rates determined by local levies and state-mandated caps.
The local economy is primarily driven by agriculture, forestry, and energy-related industries, with limited industrial diversification.
The Ritchie County Assessor maintains property records and assessments based on state-wide valuation standards.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and HometownLocator.