Average Rent in West Virginia (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in West Virginia is $995 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $869 to $1,573 across 49 rent areas.
Fair Market Rent is HUD's annual estimate of what a modest rental costs in each local market — the 40th percentile of gross rents (rent plus tenant-paid utilities) for recent movers, published for studio through four-bedroom units and used to set Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. FMRs are a federal benchmark, not an asking-rent average: use them to sanity-check your pricing (statewide, West Virginia's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +1.5% versus FY 2025).
All 49 West Virginia FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 14 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2025" is the two-bedroom change from last year's FMR for the same area.
| Area | Studio | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR | 2 BR vs FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester, VA-WV MSA Metro | $1,133 | $1,255 | $1,573 | $1,965 | $2,639 | +0.3% |
| Jefferson County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $947 | $953 | $1,251 | $1,740 | $2,099 | +0.4% |
| Martinsburg, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $850 | $971 | $1,233 | $1,702 | $1,947 | +2.4% |
Morgantown, WV MSA Metro 2 countiesMonongalia County · Preston County | $871 | $877 | $1,099 | $1,318 | $1,657 | +3.2% |
| Putnam County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $798 | $803 | $1,054 | $1,461 | $1,575 | -4.7% |
Charleston, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesClay County · Kanawha County | $714 | $829 | $1,036 | $1,325 | $1,372 | -1.7% |
| Marion County, WV Non-metro | $742 | $838 | $1,007 | $1,235 | $1,624 | -0.2% |
Wheeling, WV-OH MSA Metro 2 countiesMarshall County · Ohio County | $683 | $816 | $991 | $1,277 | $1,413 | +3.9% |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesCabell County · Wayne County | $848 | $853 | $973 | $1,249 | $1,410 | +0.2% |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA Metro 2 countiesBrooke County · Hancock County | $752 | $757 | $973 | $1,285 | $1,482 | +8.2% |
| Morgan County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $663 | $732 | $961 | $1,221 | $1,612 | +4.7% |
| Upshur County, WV Non-metro | $728 | $732 | $961 | $1,205 | $1,612 | +1.5% |
| Harrison County, WV Non-metro | $770 | $843 | $955 | $1,264 | $1,466 | +0.8% |
| Taylor County, WV Non-metro | $657 | $774 | $953 | $1,286 | $1,291 | +5.3% |
| Raleigh County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $715 | $719 | $944 | $1,313 | $1,377 | +0.9% |
| Wetzel County, WV Non-metro | $709 | $714 | $937 | $1,206 | $1,241 | +1.8% |
| Hardy County, WV Non-metro | $715 | $784 | $932 | $1,146 | $1,263 | +4.6% |
| Randolph County, WV Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,183 | $1,468 | +5.6% |
| Doddridge County, WV Non-metro | $712 | $754 | $928 | $1,207 | $1,257 | +8.9% |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MSA Metro 2 countiesWirt County · Wood County | $741 | $745 | $928 | $1,194 | $1,253 | -0.5% |
| Greenbrier County, WV Non-metro | $709 | $735 | $924 | $1,179 | $1,235 | +4.6% |
| Fayette County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $631 | $697 | $915 | $1,195 | $1,535 | +3.5% |
| Mingo County, WV Non-metro | $689 | $696 | $898 | $1,077 | $1,288 | +5.4% |
| Mercer County, WV Non-metro | $618 | $717 | $896 | $1,206 | $1,258 | +5.2% |
| Barbour County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $793 | $869 | $1,147 | $1,313 | +2.0% |
| Boone County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $669 | $674 | $869 | $1,195 | $1,458 | +2.0% |
| Braxton County, WV Non-metro | $660 | $665 | $869 | $1,147 | $1,311 | +2.0% |
| Calhoun County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $706 | $869 | $1,173 | $1,177 | +2.0% |
| Gilmer County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $793 | $869 | $1,140 | $1,390 | +2.0% |
| Grant County, WV Non-metro | $658 | $662 | $869 | $1,127 | $1,177 | +2.0% |
| Jackson County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $726 | $869 | $1,137 | $1,221 | — |
| Lewis County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $754 | $869 | $1,146 | $1,151 | +2.0% |
| Lincoln County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $714 | $869 | $1,042 | $1,177 | — |
| Logan County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $793 | $869 | $1,209 | $1,458 | +2.0% |
| Mason County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $793 | $869 | $1,081 | $1,151 | +2.0% |
| McDowell County, WV Non-metro | $658 | $662 | $869 | $1,146 | $1,151 | +2.0% |
| Mineral County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $695 | $869 | $1,146 | $1,250 | — |
| Monroe County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $706 | $869 | $1,209 | $1,312 | +2.0% |
| Nicholas County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $696 | $869 | $1,125 | $1,177 | +2.0% |
| Pendleton County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $706 | $869 | $1,209 | $1,219 | +2.0% |
| Pleasants County, WV Non-metro | $658 | $662 | $869 | $1,173 | $1,177 | +2.0% |
| Pocahontas County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $788 | $869 | $1,146 | $1,177 | +2.0% |
| Ritchie County, WV Non-metro | $658 | $662 | $869 | $1,042 | $1,151 | +2.0% |
| Roane County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $793 | $869 | $1,173 | $1,177 | +2.0% |
| Summers County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $706 | $869 | $1,146 | $1,151 | +2.0% |
| Tucker County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $699 | $869 | $1,209 | $1,458 | +2.0% |
| Tyler County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $706 | $869 | $1,124 | $1,177 | +2.0% |
| Webster County, WV Non-metro | $658 | $662 | $869 | $1,061 | $1,177 | +2.0% |
| Wyoming County, WV Non-metro | $667 | $748 | $869 | $1,173 | $1,177 | +1.3% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2026 Fair Market Rents, county-level file (revised), published at huduser.gov — a U.S. government work in the public domain, republished here unmodified. The typical-rent figure is the population-weighted average across the areas above (county populations from HUD's file); year-over-year comparisons match each area with last year's file by HUD area code. Effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-07-20. FMRs cap what a housing authority can pay under the voucher program; your local Public Housing Authority's payment standard may be set between 90% and 110% of FMR. Full method notes: how the rent figures are computed.
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