Morgantown 26505

Monongalia County, WV · 9,473 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

39affordability /100

Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
37.2%
severe
Days on market
65
daily
Price cuts
13.1%
of active
Valuation
+78.2%
vs assessor
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48
/100
mixed
warming · balanced · prices rising year-over-year.

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

52/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 19.4% correction for affordability
DOM: 94d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)25
Cancellation Rate (10%)25
Days on Market (5%)100

Balanced market in 26505. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 37.3% of median income. A 6% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 94. Renting is approximately 23% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 14.8).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
WARMINGBALANCED

Market is warming with rising prices. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Median price
$259,785
▴ 2.5% YoY
Days on market
65
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,465
ZORI
Investor score
75/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
113
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+78.2%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$463,000
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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vs county comps
+36.4%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Monongalia+36.4%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$255
Price-to-income6.2×

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How 26505 ranks in WV
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Affordability, supply & momentum

26SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply12.2 mo
Days on Market65d
Inv vs History+16.8%
Listing Density6.8/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %13.1%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply12.2
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,465
Price-to-rent14.8
Est. cap rate4.4%
Buy vs rentfavors buying

Livability

Walk score35
Transit score7
Bike score

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Monongalia County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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