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Huntington - WV housing market

The Huntington metro has a typical home value of $166,211, up 1.5% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 19 days on market, a strong seller's market. 27% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$166,211
+1.5% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$182,931
+2.6% YoY
Median list price
$217,967
Sale-to-list ratio
97.3%
Selling below ask
Days on market
19d
Listings w/ price cut
26.8%
New listings / mo
323
-0.6% YoY
Homes for sale
1,050
+6.3% YoY
Typical rent
$1,086/mo
+3.9% YoY
Income needed to buy
$48,400
October 2026 report · Zillow data through September 2026

Huntington housing market, October 2026

The typical Huntington home is worth $166,211 as of September 2026, down 0.1% from the prior month, up 0.4% over three months, and up 1.5% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $157,328 to $166,299.

Homes are going pending in about 19 days, slower than the 12 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,050 homes for sale, 6% more than a year ago. 26.8% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 23.4% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,086 a month, up 3.9% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 12.8.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($33,242), the typical Huntington home costs about $1,128 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $48,400 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$166k$157kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Days to pending, 24 months
39d11dOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.1k830Oct 24Oct 25Sep 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($166,211) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Huntington - WV metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are up 1.5% over the past year. In Huntington - WV, that means a home worth $163,755 last year is now worth roughly $166,211.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $182,931. Homes are selling at 97.3% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Huntington - WV sit on the market for roughly 19 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 26.8% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 323 new listings hit the market each month in Huntington - WV. There are currently 1,050 homes for sale, up 6.3% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Huntington - WV is $1,086, up 3.9% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 12.8x, buying territory (#185 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $921 a month in principal and interest, $165 less than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 9.17% rate.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

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