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Home appreciation in Charleston, WV

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Charleston, WV grew an average of 6.6% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+4.4%

2025 over 2024. West Virginia: +5.5%.

5-year, per year

+6.6%

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

10-year, per year

+3.7%

+44.4% in total since 2015. West Virginia: +4.9%.

How does your home compare?

Charleston, WV home prices rose 44.4% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +20.4% to +58.7%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Charleston, WV compares with West Virginia

West Virginia averaged +7.6% a year, putting Charleston, WV behind the state overall. For five-year price growth, Charleston, WV ranks 365th out of 409 metros nationwide and 6th out of 7 in West Virginia.

Index, 2005 = 100

Charleston, WV and West Virginia, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearCharleston, WVWest Virginia
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2101103
2005 Q3103107
2005 Q4102108
2006 Q1105110
2006 Q2105109
2006 Q3104111
2006 Q4107112
2007 Q1107113
2007 Q2107112
2007 Q3108113
2007 Q4110113
2008 Q1110114
2008 Q2111113
2008 Q3111111
2008 Q4112110
2009 Q1112112
2009 Q2112111
2009 Q3110108
2009 Q4110108
2010 Q1110108
2010 Q2108108
2010 Q3112108
2010 Q4111109
2011 Q1111107
2011 Q2109105
2011 Q3110107
2011 Q4110108
2012 Q1110107
2012 Q2113107
2012 Q3111107
2012 Q4112108
2013 Q1113108
2013 Q2112108
2013 Q3113109
2013 Q4112110
2014 Q1114110
2014 Q2113111
2014 Q3116112
2014 Q4114112
2015 Q1116112
2015 Q2117114
2015 Q3113114
2015 Q4115114
2016 Q1114115
2016 Q2117116
2016 Q3117116
2016 Q4116117
2017 Q1113115
2017 Q2116116
2017 Q3115117
2017 Q4118119
2018 Q1117118
2018 Q2117120
2018 Q3115120
2018 Q4119120
2019 Q1116120
2019 Q2115122
2019 Q3118123
2019 Q4118124
2020 Q1120125
2020 Q2120126
2020 Q3123128
2020 Q4123130
2021 Q1127132
2021 Q2129136
2021 Q3135143
2021 Q4138147
2022 Q1137149
2022 Q2145156
2022 Q3143158
2022 Q4142157
2023 Q1150160
2023 Q2145160
2023 Q3148166
2023 Q4153168
2024 Q1151167
2024 Q2160175
2024 Q3163176
2024 Q4165179
2025 Q1167180
2025 Q2164181
2025 Q3168186
2025 Q4170188
2026 Q1176189
2026 Q2181195

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +3.7% a year over ten years, +44.4% in total.

Over this history, home prices never fell more than 0.9% from a prior peak.

The strongest year was 2021 at +9.0%, and the weakest was 2010 at -0.5%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +4.4%, against +5.5% for the state.

ZIP codes in Charleston, WV

Over the ten years to 2025, the 12 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +20.4% in 25304 to +58.7% in 25312, while the metro as a whole rose 44.4%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 25312+58.7%
  2. 25313+53.0%
  3. 25143+49.1%
  4. 25309+44.9%
  5. 25177+43.5%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 25304+20.4%
  2. 25320+31.7%
  3. 25302+33.1%
  4. 25064+34.4%
  5. 25314+36.5%
ZIP codes in Charleston, 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.
25312-10.8%+7.2%+4.7%+58.7%
25313-0.1%+6.1%+4.3%+53.0%
25143+6.1%+7.5%+4.1%+49.1%
25309+2.6%+6.6%+3.8%+44.9%
25177-3.6%+5.0%+3.7%+43.5%
25303+3.9%+5.8%+3.5%+41.7%
25311+9.4%+5.9%+3.5%+41.2%
25314+4.2%+6.3%+3.2%+36.5%
25064-4.2%+5.7%+3.0%+34.4%
25302+6.8%+6.7%+2.9%+33.1%
25320-9.3%+4.4%+2.8%+31.7%
25304+2.1%+5.1%+1.9%+20.4%

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.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Charleston, 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
2006103.5+3.5%105.8
2007106.2+2.6%107.9
2008109.0+2.6%107.3
2009109.3+0.3%105.1
2010108.7-0.5%103.7
2011108.3-0.4%102.2
2012109.7+1.3%102.7
2013110.9+1.1%104.2
2014112.2+1.2%106.2
2015113.7+1.3%108.7
2016114.0+0.3%110.8
2017113.5-0.4%111.8
2018115.1+1.4%114.2
2019114.8-0.2%116.9
2020119.4+4.0%121.8
2021130.2+9.0%133.5
2022139.5+7.1%148.1
2023146.6+5.1%156.5
2024157.4+7.4%166.7
2025164.2+4.4%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