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Home appreciation in Morgantown, WV

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Morgantown, WV grew an average of 6.7% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+7.8%

2025 over 2024. West Virginia: +5.5%.

5-year, per year

+6.7%

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

10-year, per year

+4.5%

+55.2% in total since 2015. West Virginia: +4.9%.

How does your home compare?

Morgantown, WV home prices rose 55.2% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +41.1% to +48.3%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Morgantown, WV compares with West Virginia

West Virginia averaged +7.6% a year, putting Morgantown, WV behind the state overall. For five-year price growth, Morgantown, WV ranks 363rd out of 409 metros nationwide and 5th out of 7 in West Virginia.

Index, 2005 = 100

Morgantown, WV and West Virginia, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearMorgantown, WVWest Virginia
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2105103
2005 Q3108107
2005 Q4114108
2006 Q1111110
2006 Q2113109
2006 Q3115111
2006 Q4116112
2007 Q1119113
2007 Q2118112
2007 Q3119113
2007 Q4119113
2008 Q1120114
2008 Q2121113
2008 Q3120111
2008 Q4119110
2009 Q1122112
2009 Q2120111
2009 Q3120108
2009 Q4118108
2010 Q1120108
2010 Q2120108
2010 Q3121108
2010 Q4123109
2011 Q1122107
2011 Q2121105
2011 Q3121107
2011 Q4123108
2012 Q1121107
2012 Q2123107
2012 Q3124107
2012 Q4123108
2013 Q1123108
2013 Q2128108
2013 Q3126109
2013 Q4128110
2014 Q1129110
2014 Q2126111
2014 Q3130112
2014 Q4130112
2015 Q1127112
2015 Q2137114
2015 Q3132114
2015 Q4133114
2016 Q1133115
2016 Q2135116
2016 Q3139116
2016 Q4140117
2017 Q1134115
2017 Q2139116
2017 Q3143117
2017 Q4140119
2018 Q1141118
2018 Q2145120
2018 Q3144120
2018 Q4136120
2019 Q1145120
2019 Q2145122
2019 Q3147123
2019 Q4149124
2020 Q1145125
2020 Q2148126
2020 Q3153128
2020 Q4151130
2021 Q1153132
2021 Q2160136
2021 Q3165143
2021 Q4165147
2022 Q1173149
2022 Q2180156
2022 Q3183158
2022 Q4187157
2023 Q1185160
2023 Q2186160
2023 Q3186166
2023 Q4191168
2024 Q1178167
2024 Q2194175
2024 Q3195176
2024 Q4196179
2025 Q1203180
2025 Q2201181
2025 Q3207186
2025 Q4212188
2026 Q1204189
2026 Q2214195

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +4.5% a year over ten years, +55.2% in total.

Over this history, home prices never fell more than 0.1% from a prior peak.

The strongest year was 2022 at +12.5%, and the weakest was 2009 at -0.1%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +7.8%, against +5.5% for the state.

ZIP codes in Morgantown, WV

Over the ten years to 2025, the 3 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +41.1% in 26505 to +48.3% in 26508, while the metro as a whole rose 55.2%.

ZIP codes in Morgantown, 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.
26508+5.2%+6.3%+4.0%+48.3%
26501+2.9%+5.1%+3.7%+44.0%
26505-2.1%+5.0%+3.5%+41.1%

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 Morgantown, 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
2006106.7+6.7%105.8
2007111.1+4.1%107.9
2008112.6+1.3%107.3
2009112.5-0.1%105.1
2010113.4+0.8%103.7
2011114.2+0.7%102.2
2012115.3+0.9%102.7
2013118.3+2.7%104.2
2014120.8+2.1%106.2
2015124.4+3.0%108.7
2016128.4+3.2%110.8
2017130.5+1.7%111.8
2018132.7+1.6%114.2
2019137.7+3.8%116.9
2020139.9+1.6%121.8
2021150.8+7.8%133.5
2022169.7+12.5%148.1
2023175.2+3.2%156.5
2024179.1+2.2%166.7
2025193.1+7.8%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