U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates

West Virginia counties: highest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 55 West Virginia counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.

Ranked observations

0 counties excluded for unavailable renter cost burden (30%+); ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.

Highest renter cost burden in West Virginia
RankCountyGEOIDRenter cost burden (30%+)
1Ohio County5406950.6%
2Wirt County5410550.4%
3Cabell County5401149.9%
4Monongalia County5406149.0%
5Summers County5408947.5%
6Clay County5401544.5%
7Raleigh County5408143.4%
8Wood County5410743.4%
9Berkeley County5400342.8%
10Marshall County5405142.5%
11Webster County5410142.1%
12Grant County5402341.9%
13Mercer County5405541.5%
14Hancock County5402941.1%
15Kanawha County5403940.9%
16Greenbrier County5402540.7%
17Mineral County5405740.6%
18Harrison County5403340.3%
19Fayette County5401939.9%
20Roane County5408739.7%
21Boone County5400538.8%
22Putnam County5407938.0%
23Upshur County5409737.9%
24Marion County5404937.7%
25Tucker County5409337.6%
26Jefferson County5403737.5%
27Wayne County5409937.2%
28Jackson County5403537.0%
29Preston County5407736.6%
30Randolph County5408335.6%
31Brooke County5400933.6%
32Morgan County5406533.6%
33Taylor County5409133.4%
34McDowell County5404732.8%
35Logan County5404531.4%
36Tyler County5409531.0%
37Calhoun County5401330.8%
38Wetzel County5410330.7%
39Monroe County5406330.3%
40Lewis County5404129.6%
41Pocahontas County5407529.2%
42Ritchie County5408529.2%
43Doddridge County5401729.0%
44Mingo County5405929.0%
45Wyoming County5410928.8%
46Hardy County5403127.1%
47Pleasants County5407327.0%
48Nicholas County5406724.9%
49Barbour County5400123.9%
50Pendleton County5407122.7%
51Braxton County5400722.6%
52Lincoln County5404322.4%
53Hampshire County5402721.1%
54Mason County5405321.1%
55Gilmer County5402114.8%

Method and provenance

ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated West Virginia bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. West Virginia county map and full table.