Buying the median home in Charleston means financing $165,000. Against the area's $52,000 median household income, that works out to a 3.2x price-to-income ratio.
Factor in $78/month for property tax in Charleston, based on the area's 0.57% effective rate applied to the median home price. That's $940 annually.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, West Virginia taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $1,007/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in Charleston track at 80 against the national 100 baseline, below average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Charleston's median home price runs 14% higher than nearby Huntington: $145,000 there versus $165,000 here.