Washington 26181

Wood County, WV · 2,564 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

72affordability /100

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

Payment burden
17.3%
affordable
Days on market
38
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
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81
/100
strong
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

51/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 56d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)0
Valuation Gap (25%)80
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)60

Balanced market in 26181. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 17.3% of median income. Median days on market: 56. Renting is approximately 99% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 23.9). Market appears 16% overpriced vs. assessed values.

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
$225,757
▴ 1.7% YoY
Days on market
38
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$787
ZORI
Investor score
42/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
15
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$0
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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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$126
Price-to-income2.9×

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How 26181 ranks in WV
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Affordability, supply & momentum

35SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply10.8 mo
Days on Market38d
Inv vs History+37.6%
Listing Density5.9/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply10.8
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$787
Price-to-rent23.9
Est. cap rate2.7%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score3
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Wood 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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