Average Rent in West Virginia (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in West Virginia is $1,039 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $944 to $1,505 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 +4.2% versus FY 2026).
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 2026" 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 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester, VA-WV MSA Metro | $1,066 | $1,180 | $1,505 | $1,895 | $2,516 | -4.3% |
| Jefferson County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,045 | $1,052 | $1,376 | $1,879 | $2,300 | +10.0% |
| Martinsburg, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $884 | $949 | $1,215 | $1,682 | $1,913 | -1.5% |
Morgantown, WV MSA Metro 2 countiesMonongalia County · Preston County | $876 | $902 | $1,143 | $1,404 | $1,704 | +4.0% |
| Putnam County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $829 | $834 | $1,091 | $1,500 | $1,542 | +3.5% |
| Marion County, WV Non-metro | $782 | $880 | $1,071 | $1,331 | $1,790 | +6.4% |
Charleston, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesClay County · Kanawha County | $730 | $844 | $1,048 | $1,324 | $1,377 | +1.2% |
| Taylor County, WV Non-metro | $710 | $823 | $1,020 | $1,308 | $1,380 | +7.0% |
Wheeling, WV-OH MSA Metro 2 countiesMarshall County · Ohio County | $703 | $822 | $1,009 | $1,300 | $1,436 | +1.8% |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA Metro 2 countiesBrooke County · Hancock County | $771 | $776 | $1,007 | $1,298 | $1,514 | +3.5% |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesCabell County · Wayne County | $858 | $864 | $1,006 | $1,287 | $1,393 | +3.4% |
| Harrison County, WV Non-metro | $770 | $889 | $1,005 | $1,323 | $1,537 | +5.2% |
| Upshur County, WV Non-metro | $745 | $759 | $993 | $1,271 | $1,660 | +3.3% |
| Greenbrier County, WV Non-metro | $806 | $811 | $991 | $1,229 | $1,337 | +7.3% |
| Morgan County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $682 | $866 | $979 | $1,243 | $1,636 | +1.9% |
| Doddridge County, WV Non-metro | $732 | $788 | $976 | $1,251 | $1,283 | +5.2% |
| Randolph County, WV Non-metro | $731 | $745 | $975 | $1,207 | $1,555 | +5.0% |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MSA Metro 2 countiesWirt County · Wood County | $793 | $798 | $974 | $1,214 | $1,281 | +5.0% |
| Raleigh County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $755 | $760 | $972 | $1,346 | $1,408 | +3.0% |
| Fayette County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $730 | $735 | $961 | $1,258 | $1,606 | +5.0% |
| Mingo County, WV Non-metro | $721 | $745 | $961 | $1,145 | $1,389 | +7.0% |
| Hardy County, WV Non-metro | $716 | $805 | $955 | $1,151 | $1,293 | +2.5% |
| Mercer County, WV Non-metro | $659 | $746 | $946 | $1,250 | $1,340 | +5.6% |
| Barbour County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $762 | $944 | $1,216 | $1,383 | +8.6% |
| Boone County, WV HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $657 | $722 | $944 | $1,251 | $1,578 | +8.6% |
| Braxton County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $762 | $944 | $1,303 | $1,461 | +8.6% |
| Calhoun County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $762 | $944 | $1,273 | $1,278 | +8.6% |
| Gilmer County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $867 | $944 | $1,273 | $1,278 | +8.6% |
| Grant County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $722 | $944 | $1,204 | $1,278 | +8.6% |
| Jackson County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $796 | $944 | $1,188 | $1,347 | +8.6% |
| Lewis County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $798 | $944 | $1,236 | $1,241 | +8.6% |
| Lincoln County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $867 | $944 | $1,190 | $1,578 | +8.6% |
| Logan County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $863 | $944 | $1,307 | $1,578 | +8.6% |
| Mason County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $837 | $944 | $1,196 | $1,278 | +8.6% |
| McDowell County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $722 | $944 | $1,236 | $1,241 | +8.6% |
| Mineral County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $749 | $944 | $1,243 | $1,248 | +8.6% |
| Monroe County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $762 | $944 | $1,307 | $1,421 | +8.6% |
| Nicholas County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $729 | $944 | $1,125 | $1,241 | +8.6% |
| Pendleton County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $762 | $944 | $1,245 | $1,250 | +8.6% |
| Pleasants County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $722 | $944 | $1,273 | $1,278 | +8.6% |
| Pocahontas County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $832 | $944 | $1,207 | $1,278 | +8.6% |
| Ritchie County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $722 | $944 | $1,170 | $1,379 | +8.6% |
| Roane County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $867 | $944 | $1,307 | $1,508 | +8.6% |
| Summers County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $762 | $944 | $1,243 | $1,247 | +8.6% |
| Tucker County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $751 | $944 | $1,273 | $1,313 | +8.6% |
| Tyler County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $762 | $944 | $1,196 | $1,278 | +8.6% |
| Webster County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $722 | $944 | $1,125 | $1,278 | +8.6% |
| Wetzel County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $791 | $944 | $1,235 | $1,278 | +0.7% |
| Wyoming County, WV Non-metro | $708 | $853 | $944 | $1,273 | $1,278 | +8.6% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2027 Fair Market Rents, county-level file, 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, 2026 through September 30, 2027; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-09-01. 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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