The story of this market
The typical home in Lewis County, West Virginia sells for about $134,826, or $286 per square foot.
Prices are down 2.5% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 34 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 13% since 2008. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $944 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $944 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2008–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2019 (+8.1%). Worst: 2020 (-3.4%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+8.9%
WV · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,236
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2008–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 1 census tracts in this county (2008 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
83
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $11,905,095.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
68.9%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 369 | 193 | 68.9% | 0% | $155,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Lewis County, West Virginia
Lewis County exhibits a cooling housing market with a year-over-year decline in home values. The market is currently characterized by balanced inventory levels and moderate sales activity.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved down 2.5% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 34 days on market with 4.5 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.1% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.8% · poverty 16.1% — a stable, low-distress profile.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
The local economy employs approximately 6,550 people with a focus on regional industry and services.
The economy of Lewis County employs approximately 6,550 people with an unemployment rate of 4.8%.
The mean travel time to work for residents is 28.5 minutes.
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum4.74.1 mi
- Stonewall Resort4.45.6 mi
- WVU Jackson's Mill4.76.8 mi
- Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center4.821.1 mi
- Stonewall State Park4.55.5 mi
- West Virginia State Wildlife Center4.716.7 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park4.719.8 mi
- The Museum Of American Glass in West Virginia4.74.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park4.619.9 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum4.74.1 mi
- Flatwoods Monster Museum4.626.1 mi
- WVU Jackson's Mill4.76.8 mi
- The West Virginia Bigfoot Museum4.626.1 mi
- The Museum Of American Glass in West Virginia4.74.3 mi
- Stonewall State Park4.55.5 mi
- West Virginia State Wildlife Center4.716.7 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park4.719.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park4.619.9 mi
- Watters Smith Memorial State Park4.612.6 mi
- Sutton Lake Marina4.526.1 mi
- Burnsville Docks4.812.9 mi
- The Marina at Stonewall Resort4.56.1 mi
- Stonewall Resort4.45.6 mi
- Bel Meadow Public Golf Course418.4 mi
- Market Place Shopping Center4.26.6 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data sourced from Census Reporter and ExecutivePulse profiles.