Sep 2026
$177K
+9.5% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Wheeling, WV housing market
Wheeling, WV metro median sale price $177K in Sep 2026, up 9.5% year over year. Also days on market, price cuts, affordability and ZIP-code figures.
The median sale price in the Wheeling, WV metro is $177K as of Sep 2026, up 9.5% from a year earlier. That is the 16th-largest year-over-year gain of the 383 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro shows a smaller change, up 0.6% through Q2 2026, 8.9 points apart; Price reconciliation below shows both.
On median sale price, Wheeling ($177K) ranks 5th of the seven West Virginia metros Pecan Street tracks, between Parkersburg ($188K) and Beckley ($171K). On median days on market, Wheeling (58 days) ranks 4th of the seven West Virginia metros, between Beckley (60 days) and Parkersburg (57 days). On share of listings with a price cut, Wheeling (38%) ranks 3rd of the seven West Virginia metros, between Morgantown (40%) and Weirton (37%).
Listings spent a median 58 days on market in Sep 2026. 38% of active listings carry a price cut, 1.8 points more than a year earlier. Median asking prices sit about 1% above the median sale price.
At the 7.29% 30-year fixed rate with 20% down, principal and interest on a median-priced home come to $973 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $42K a year. The median sale price equals about 11 years of HUD Fair Market Rent, a ratio up 7.6% from a year earlier. That ratio is the 17th-lowest of the 373 metros. Active listings ask a median $116 per square foot, up 0.3% from a year earlier.
In two of the three ZIP codes in the table below, median list prices are lower than a year earlier; one is higher.
Headline
Oct 15, 2026
7.29%
30-year fixed
Where it comes from
National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.
The same rate appears on every market page.
Principal & interest
$973/mo
$42K/yr income needed
How it’s calculated
Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.
Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.
How Wheeling compares to other U.S. metros
| Price-to-rent | ↓357th of 373 |
|---|---|
| Home-price growth | ↑16th of 383 (top 5%) |
| Asking-vs-sale gap | ↓227th of 292 |
| Price cuts | 172nd of 385 (top 45%) |
| Days on market | 206th of 385 |
Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.
Affordability
| Price-to-rent ratio | ≈ 11 +7.6% YoY ↓357th of 373 |
|---|---|
| Asking price / sq ft | $116 +0.3% YoY |
Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market pressure
| Listings with a price cut | ≈ 38% +1.8 pts YoY 172nd of 385 (top 45%) |
|---|
The median asking price $179K runs about 1% above the median sale price $177K.
Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. Asking is the median list price of active listings (Realtor.com, this month); sale is the headline median of recent closings (Redfin, a rolling 3-month median) — distinct sources and windows, so the gap is a directional read, not a like-for-like difference. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market facts
| ZIPs with listing data | 3 shown of 27 |
|---|---|
| MLS board of record | — |
| Price methodology | Redfin vs FHFA HPI |
| Data as of | Sep 2026 |
Recent signals
No signals flagged for this market right now.
Price reconciliation
red · 8.9ppRedfin (metro) +9.5% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 +0.6% |
Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.
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| ZIP | Median list price | Active listings | New listings | Price reductions | Days on market | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26003 | $197K↑ | 123↑ | 42↑ | 42↑ | 54↑ | $162K↑ |
| 26041 | $157K↓ | 35↓ | 12↑ | 14↓ | 53↓ | $133K↑ |
| 43950 | $292K↓ | 46↑ | 14↑ | 14↑ | 71↓ | $206K↑ |
ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.