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

West Virginia counties: lowest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 55 West Virginia counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, lowest to highest; 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.

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

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.