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The median home value in Kanawha County, WV is $154,657 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.82% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$154,657
Year-over-Year
+1.82%
National Rank
#2528 of 3071
Kanawha County ranks 27th out of 55 counties in WV by median home price, and is -34.0% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within WV, the typical county has a median home value of $153,847, making Kanawha County +0.5% above the WV state median.
Households here earn a median of $60,943 a year against a typical home value of $154,657 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.5×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 14% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Kanawha County recorded a violent crime rate of 472 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 3,451 per 100,000.
Based on 5 reporting cities covering 73,462 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Kanawha County is $154,657. That's up 1.82% from a year earlier. That is about 34.0% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Kanawha County the 27th most expensive of 55 counties in West Virginia.
Median household income here is $60,943, so a typical home costs about 2.5× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Kanawha County recorded 472 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 73,462 residents across 5 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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