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Home appreciation in Beckley, WV

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Beckley, WV grew an average of 9.2% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+8.6%

2025 over 2024. West Virginia: +5.5%.

5-year, per year

+9.2%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. West Virginia: +7.6%.

10-year, per year

+4.8%

+59.4% in total since 2015. West Virginia: +4.9%.

How does your home compare?

Beckley, WV home prices rose 59.4% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +46.7% to +87.0%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Beckley, WV compares with West Virginia

West Virginia averaged +7.6% a year, so Beckley, WV grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Beckley, WV ranks 188th out of 409 metros nationwide and 2nd out of 7 in West Virginia.

Index, 2005 = 100

Beckley, WV and West Virginia, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearBeckley, WVWest Virginia
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2103103
2005 Q3103107
2005 Q4105108
2006 Q1106110
2006 Q2108109
2006 Q3111111
2006 Q4109112
2007 Q1112113
2007 Q2116112
2007 Q3115113
2007 Q4117113
2008 Q1119114
2008 Q2117113
2008 Q3118111
2008 Q4116110
2009 Q1116112
2009 Q2120111
2009 Q3117108
2009 Q4117108
2010 Q1115108
2010 Q2116108
2010 Q3116108
2010 Q4118109
2011 Q1115107
2011 Q2116105
2011 Q3118107
2011 Q4118108
2012 Q1118107
2012 Q2117107
2012 Q3120107
2012 Q4120108
2013 Q1119108
2013 Q2122108
2013 Q3120109
2013 Q4131110
2014 Q1123110
2014 Q2126111
2014 Q3120112
2014 Q4119112
2015 Q1124112
2015 Q2125114
2015 Q3124114
2015 Q4125114
2016 Q1125115
2016 Q2124116
2016 Q3119116
2016 Q4122117
2017 Q1126115
2017 Q2116116
2017 Q3120117
2017 Q4125119
2018 Q1117118
2018 Q2122120
2018 Q3121120
2018 Q4123120
2019 Q1121120
2019 Q2126122
2019 Q3124123
2019 Q4124124
2020 Q1125125
2020 Q2128126
2020 Q3128128
2020 Q4130130
2021 Q1133132
2021 Q2136136
2021 Q3145143
2021 Q4148147
2022 Q1153149
2022 Q2153156
2022 Q3160158
2022 Q4153157
2023 Q1169160
2023 Q2166160
2023 Q3164166
2023 Q4177168
2024 Q1175167
2024 Q2183175
2024 Q3188176
2024 Q4184179
2025 Q1197180
2025 Q2189181
2025 Q3203186
2025 Q4205188
2026 Q1193189
2026 Q2208195

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +4.8% a year over ten years, +59.4% in total.

Over this history, home prices never fell more than 2.9% from a prior peak.

The strongest year was 2022 at +10.4%, and the weakest was 2016 at -1.6%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +8.6%, against +5.5% for the state.

ZIP codes in Beckley, WV

Over the ten years to 2025, the 3 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +46.7% in 25832 to +87.0% in 25840, while the metro as a whole rose 59.4%.

ZIP codes in Beckley, WV ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
25840+3.4%+12.8%+6.5%+87.0%
25801+10.2%+7.9%+4.0%+47.5%
25832+5.7%+7.6%+3.9%+46.7%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

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Year by year

Annual house price index for Beckley, WV and West Virginia, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006105.9+5.9%105.8
2007111.9+5.7%107.9
2008114.2+2.1%107.3
2009114.5+0.3%105.1
2010113.2-1.1%103.7
2011113.6+0.4%102.2
2012115.5+1.7%102.7
2013119.6+3.6%104.2
2014118.8-0.7%106.2
2015121.1+1.9%108.7
2016119.2-1.6%110.8
2017118.5-0.6%111.8
2018117.6-0.8%114.2
2019120.3+2.3%116.9
2020124.2+3.2%121.8
2021136.6+10.0%133.5
2022150.8+10.4%148.1
2023164.6+9.2%156.5
2024177.7+8.0%166.7
2025193.0+8.6%175.8

The 7 measured metros in West Virginia

Measured metros in West Virginia ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH+10.8%+9.4%+6.7%
2Beckley, WV+8.6%+9.2%+4.8%
3Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH+7.1%+7.3%+4.6%
4Parkersburg-Vienna, WV+5.4%+6.9%+4.9%
5Morgantown, WV+7.8%+6.7%+4.5%
6Charleston, WV+4.4%+6.6%+3.7%
7Wheeling, WV-OH+5.4%+6.6%+4.8%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the West Virginia row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2