Counties / West Virginia / Tucker County

Tucker County, WV

FIPS 54093 · population 6,654 · outside every metro area

$214k
Zillow home value · 2026-06
The numbers

What this county costs and earns

Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.

Zillow home value
$214k
▲ 0.5% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · direct
ACS median gross rent
$656
occupied-unit survey; not current asking rent
Census ACS · surveyed
Gross yield
n/a
gross yield cannot be computed without measured market rent
requires both measured price and measured rent
HUD 2-bed standard
$869
the Section 8 payment standard
HUD Fair Market Rent · direct
Independent price check

Do two methods point the same way?

Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.

One annual series is unavailable
FHFA five-year cumulativen/anot annualized · through n/a
0%ZILLOW ZHVI2026-06+0.5%FHFA HPIperiod n/an/a
Annual changes use different methods and may use different periods. The comparison checks direction and magnitude; it does not create a blended estimate. Zillow county ZHVI pulled 2026-07-26; FHFA annual county HPI pulled 2026-07-28.
Owner-reported value$155k
Surveyed gross rent$656
Rent burden 30%+48.5%
Median year built1983
Housing composition

Who occupies the stock—and what it is

ACS 2024 5-year
39.0%vacant
4,652estimated housing units
Occupied tenure19.1% renter
owner 80.9%renter 19.1%
Structure mix84.3% single-family
Single-family 84.3%20+ units 0.6%Mobile home 8.8%Other 6.3%
ACS estimates describe the standing housing stock and occupied tenure. They do not measure current listings, transaction prices or asking rents.

Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.

Annual average covered jobs2,749▼ 3.1% from the prior annual release
Covered establishments284annual average reporting locations
Average weekly wage$883▲ 1.1% from the prior annual release
Largest private supersectorLeisure and hospitality27.7% of disclosed private covered jobs
Local labor base

Jobs, pay and private-sector concentration

2025
0%COVERED JOBS−3.1%WEEKLY WAGE+1.1%Leisure and hospitality27.7%
Annual QCEW counts cover jobs located at reporting establishments. The industry share uses disclosed private covered employment; it is not a resident-employment measure or a forecast.

Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-07-31. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.

County brief

What the local evidence says

01Decision frame

Tucker County is a cautious, property-specific underwriting case: Zillow’s county median home value was $214,204 at the 2026-06 observation, up 0.50% year over year, but neither a rent series nor listing-market evidence is published to show income support or sale liquidity. Buyers able to verify rent rolls, insurance, and access should investigate; those relying on county medians should be cautious. FHFA’s repeat-transaction HPI is not published, so it cannot independently test Zillow’s direction.

02Housing economics

Market asking rent is not published, so gross yield cannot be computed. HUD’s two-bedroom FMR is $869 per month as a payment standard, not a market-rent estimate. The county effective property-tax rate is 0.37%, with a $575 median annual tax. These provide carrying-cost context against the home-value measure, but not a subject-property tax, assessment, insurance, maintenance, or financing budget.

03Demand & competition

QCEW’s 2025 annual average reports 2,749 covered jobs at county workplaces, down 3.10% from its prior annual average; this is neither resident employment nor an unemployment measure. Covered workers averaged $883 weekly. Leisure and hospitality was the largest disclosed private supersector, with 581 jobs, or 27.67% of private covered employment, rather than a measure of the whole economy. Net migration of 4 tax-return households came with an incoming-versus-outgoing average AGI gap of $3,104; that combination is limited demand evidence.

04Risk & next checks

Investor mortgages represented 10 of 63 purchases, or 15.87%, indicating participation but leaving a small count that cannot establish pricing power. The modeled annual climate loss ratio is 0.27% of building value, consistent with inland flood as the dominant hazard; it is not a property-specific loss estimate. Realtor.com MLS listing price, active-listing, days-on-market, price-reduction, and pending measures are not published, preventing a visible-supply, marketing-time, or concession read. Next checks are subject rent, flood zone and elevation, insurance, tax assessment, and sales/listing comparables.

Cities & communities

Where people live within Tucker County

Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.

Population scale

Largest Census places

ACS 2024 5-year
Parsons city1.4KDavis town663Thomas city599Hendricks town375Hambleton town203St. George CDP142
Bars use total place population, not a county-share estimate. An asterisk marks a place that crosses a county line.
Official directory

6 Census places

Population
  1. 01
    Parsons cityIncorporated place
    1,448
  2. 02
    Davis townIncorporated place
    663
  3. 03
    Thomas cityIncorporated place
    599
  4. 04
    Hendricks townIncorporated place
    375
  5. 05
    Hambleton townIncorporated place
    203
  6. 06
    St. George CDPCensus-designated place
    142

Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.

Risk, demand and competition

The three things a price does not tell you

01
Risk & carrying costFEMA NRI + Census ACS
Dominant hazardinland flooding

0.269% of building value expected lost per year

Effective property tax0.37%

$575 median annual bill

02
DemandIRS SOI household flows
Net migration+4

126 in · 122 out

Arriving vs leaving income+$3,104

$61,563 arriving · $58,459 leaving

03
CompetitionHMDA financed purchases
Purchases by investors15.9%

10 of 63 mortgages

investorother financed
No rent index is published for this county.Zillow’s county rent series does not cover every county, and estimating one from a neighbouring county would be a guess wearing a number’s clothes. Everything above is measured here; no wider market is mapped for it either.
Bear case

What can break the county thesis

  1. Subject rent may not support acquisition and carrying costs despite the county home-value measure.
  2. Flood exposure, insurability, and loss potential can differ materially by parcel.
  3. Missing MLS and FHFA evidence may conceal liquidity weakness or leave Zillow’s direction unconfirmed.
Underwriting questions

Before pricing a property

Can gross yield be calculated from the published record?

No. Market asking rent is not published, and HUD FMR cannot be substituted for market rent.

Does the record establish current MLS supply or seller-concession conditions?

No. Realtor.com listing price, active inventory, days on market, price reductions, and pending measures are not published.

What climate risk is identified, and is it property-specific?

Inland flood is the dominant hazard. The climate figure is a modeled annual building-value loss ratio, not a parcel-specific loss estimate.