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West Virginia Property Tax Calculator
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About $2,120.00 a year, or $176.67 a month, at 0.53% in West Virginia.
Property tax in West Virginia: 0.53%
The median West Virginia homeowner pays $865 a year on a home worth $162,600, an effective rate of 0.53%. That ranks 41st of 51, between Louisiana (0.55%) and Utah (0.52%). At the median state's 0.8% the same $162,600 home would owe $439 more a year.
In dollars, West Virginia has the lowest median home value and the second-smallest median bill of the 51. Next above it by home value is Mississippi ($169,800, taxed at 0.72%).
Rank
State
Effective rate
Median bill
Median home value
39
Arkansas
0.55%
$1,040
$188,000
40
Louisiana
0.55%
$1,180
$216,500
41
West Virginia
0.53%
$865
$162,600
42
Utah
0.52%
$2,525
$489,400
43
Tennessee
0.5%
$1,442
$286,700
West Virginia property tax by home price
Statewide rate, before any homestead exemption.
Tax at 0.53%, from half to twice the West Virginia median home value
Home value
Per year
Per month
vs. median state (0.8%)
$80,000 (half the median)
$424
$35
−$216
$162,600 (median)
$862
$72
−$439
$245,000 (1.5× the median)
$1,299
$108
−$662
$325,000 (twice the median)
$1,723
$144
−$878
Property tax by county in West Virginia
Kanawha County (Charleston), the largest West Virginia county, has an effective rate of 0.68% — above the statewide 0.53%.
Census ACS 2019–2023 county medians, one survey year older than the statewide figures
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