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The median home value in Beckley, WV is $154,328 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.08% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$154,328
Year-over-Year
+1.08%
Population
16,367
Beckley ranks #11 of 20 West Virginia cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 0.6% below the state's city median of $155,220. It sits in Raleigh County, where the county-wide median is $160,333.
Median household income in Beckley is $45,826, so the typical home value is about 3.4× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Beckley police recorded a violent crime rate of 605 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 7,912 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Beckley, that value is $154,328. That's up 1.08% from a year earlier. It is about 0.6% below the typical West Virginia city tracked here.
Homes in Beckley are cheaper than Raleigh County as a whole, where the median is $160,333 — a difference of about 3.7%.
Median household income here is $45,826, so the typical home value is about 3.4× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Beckley police reported 605 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 16,367. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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