Grant County, WV real estate

What the numbers say

Grant County, WV real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

Homeowners in Grant County pay a median of $540 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $175,100, an effective rate of about 0.31%. The West Virginia average is 0.53%, which makes Grant County the #2 lowest-tax of 55 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $644 a month, and $658 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 23 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $175,000 home here comes to about $1,073 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $46,000 a year (the median household here earns $62,361).