Parkersburg 26101
Wood County, WV · 12,693 properties · updated 7/5/2026
Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens
70affordability /100
Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.
Payment burden
18%
affordable
Days on market
69
daily
Price cuts
19.3%
of active
Valuation
-10.3%
vs assessor
69
/100
stable
cooling · balanced · prices easing 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
Seller's Market
DOM: 62d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)0
Valuation Gap (25%)40
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)0
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)75
Seller-favored market in 26101. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 18.1% of median income. Median days on market: 62.
Buyer Caution
Seller's market. Be prepared to pay near list price.
Competitive market similar to 2021-2022 — limited inventory driving prices above fundamentals.
COOLINGBALANCED
Market is cooling with expanding inventory. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices down 2.2% YoY.
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Median price
$135,589
▾ 2.2% YoY
Days on market
69
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$972
ZORI
Investor score
78/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
82
90-day
Valuation3 lenses, different anchors
vs assessor
-10.3%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$121,600
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
—
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+49.8%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Wood+49.8%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$75
Price-to-income3.0×
How 26101 ranks in WV
percentile vs all WV ZIPs
Comparative ranking not available for this ZIP.
Affordability, supply & momentum
27SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness
Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.
Months of Supply14.7 mo
Days on Market69d
Inv vs History+7.2%
Listing Density6.7/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %19.3%
Momentumcooling
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply14.7
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$972
Price-to-rent11.6
Est. cap rate5.6%
Buy vs rentfavors buying
Livability
Walk score16
Transit score3
Bike score—
Historical trends
Wood County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration
ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.