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Highest homeownership rate, West Virginia cities · 2020

West Virginia cities with the highest share of owner-occupied housing units (2023 ACS). This list covers the 31 cities in West Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPOWNER-OCCUPIEDVS 2000

01Brookhaven, WVWV6,21281.3%−1%

02Cheat Lake, WVWV10,90281.1%+2%

03Teays Valley, WVWV14,15175.9%−7%

04Vienna, WVWV10,32172.9%−5%

05St. Albans, WVWV10,21071.8%−5%

06Bridgeport, WVWV9,42771.6%−13%

07New Martinsville, WVWV5,03971.5%−0%

08Hurricane, WVWV7,36771.0%−6%

09Moundsville, WVWV7,65970.1%+2%

10Cross Lanes, WVWV9,67169.2%−7%

11South Charleston, WVWV13,07268.0%+2%

12Nitro, WVWV6,27066.6%−4%

13Weirton, WVWV18,13366.0%−8%

14Oak Hill, WVWV7,62965.8%−7%

15Charles, WVWV9,32965.1%+27%

16Fairmont, WVWV18,03563.8%+1%

17Bluefield, WVWV9,15863.2%−5%

18Ranson corporation, WVWV6,85362.3%–

19Pea Ridge, WVWV6,98861.9%−10%

20Parkersburg, WVWV28,59360.0%−3%

21Wheeling, WVWV25,68059.1%−6%

22Clarksburg, WVWV15,56259.1%−7%

23Elkins, WVWV6,62258.8%−5%

24Charleston, WVWV46,11756.6%−3%

25Dunbar, WVWV7,05056.2%−8%

26Beckley, WVWV16,37355.5%−12%

27Princeton, WVWV5,57855.1%−13%

28Buckhannon, WVWV5,05454.8%−9%

29Huntington, WVWV44,81549.7%−9%

30Martinsburg, WVWV19,21145.9%−8%

31Morgantown, WVWV30,29335.8%−14%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES