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The median home value in Fairmont, WV is $195,532 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.4% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$195,532
Year-over-Year
+3.4%
Population
18,066
Fairmont ranks #4 of 20 West Virginia cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 26.0% above the state's city median of $155,220. It sits in Marion County, where the county-wide median is $168,932.
Median household income in Fairmont is $63,032, so the typical home value is about 3.1× 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).
Fairmont police recorded a violent crime rate of 520 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,323 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 Fairmont, that value is $195,532. That's up 3.4% from a year earlier. It is about 26.0% above the typical West Virginia city tracked here.
Homes in Fairmont are more expensive than Marion County as a whole, where the median is $168,932 — a difference of about 15.7%.
Median household income here is $63,032, so the typical home value is about 3.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Fairmont police reported 520 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 18,066. 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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