ZIP 26508

26508 is one of 12 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Monongalia County, WV.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 1 of the 7 with a value.

5 school locations in 26508: 4 elementary, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: BROOKHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CHEAT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MOUNTAINVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RIDGEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 26508 was worth $149,432.

Values peaked at $333,334 in August 2026. The latest reading is the peak.

As of August 2026: $333,334, +3.6% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $333,334. Put 20% down and borrow $266,667 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,846 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $83,247 a year, $6,937 a month. So the payment takes 26.6% of income — rated “affordable” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 11.9% in 2000.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $895.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $878.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,715 — +95% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +23%.

Reported values rose +123% since January 2000.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $294,919. So the real change is +13%, not +123%.

26508: +123% since January 2000.

Monongalia County: +102% since January 2000.

West Virginia: +139% since January 2000 — 26508 ran behind it by 16 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $2,180 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,460 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 19.0. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 40 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 98% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 140. That is 75% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

Going out — closed sales: about 51 a month. That is 88% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 2.8 months of supply — below the 4–6 month range Lotvox treats as balanced. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 10 more homes sold than came on each month, so inventory is shrinking. The basin is draining.

Homes sold: about 51 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 43 — so sales ran at 119% of it, and below it in 15 of the last 24 months.

Across Monongalia County, builders pulled permits for 22 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 100% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Monongalia County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 963 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 1,012 moved out.

Net across those counties: −49 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 140 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Marion, WV (226 households); most departures went to Marion, WV (250).