The median home value in Wheeling, WV is $155,477 as of 2026-06-30, up 4.64% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$155,477
Year-over-Year
+4.64%
Population
25,951
Wheeling ranks #11 of 20 West Virginia cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 1.6% below the state's city median of $158,018. It sits in Ohio County, where the county-wide median is $162,414.
Wheeling police recorded a violent crime rate of 983 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,992 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Wheeling is $155,477. That's up 4.64% from a year earlier. That is about 1.6% below the typical county in West Virginia.
Homes in Wheeling are cheaper than Ohio County as a whole, where the median is $162,414 — a difference of about 4.3%.
Wheeling police reported 983 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 25,951. 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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