Summary

share of renter households
share of low-income households
share of cost-burdened renter households

Renter population data

Renters vs homeowners
Households by tenure
Households
% share
Renter households
Homeowner households
Total households
Low-income renter households
Renter households by income group
Households
% share
Extremely low-income
≤30% AMI
Very low-income
>30-50% AMI
Low-income
>50-80% AMI
All low-income households
≤80% AMI
Cost-burdened renter households
Share of income spent on housing
Households
% share
Moderately cost-burdened
Severely cost-burdened
All cost-burdened households
Households are cost-burdened when they spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs (rent plus utilities). Those spending more than 50% are severely cost-burdened.

Affordable housing shortage

Rent and income (2024)
Rent & income
Amount ($)
Median household income
Median renter household income
Median monthly rent
Rent as share of renter income
Income needed to afford median rent
Affordable housing stock
Supply, demand & shortage
Units
Supply (current stock)
Demand (total units needed)
Shortage
total shortage
supply/demand ratio
Availability of affordable rental units per 100 households

QAP document (Qualified Allocation Plan)

QAP
West Virginia
The QAP is a document that states, and a few local agencies, must develop in order to distribute federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs), which can be awarded only to a building that fits the QAP’s priorities and criteria. Each QAP must spell out a housing finance agency’s (HFA’s) priorities and specify the criteria it will use to select projects competing for tax credits. The priorities must be appropriate to local conditions.
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County statistics for ELI & VLI renters

S&D ratio = Supply & Demand Ratio
List of counties
Rental population
ELI & VLI (<50% AMI)
Rent-burdened
Affordable housing
Name
Households
% share
Households
% share
Households
% share
Shortage of units
S&D ratio
Barbour County
Berkeley County (Hagerstown area)
Boone County (Charleston area)
Braxton County
Brooke County (Weirton area)
Cabell County (Huntington area)
Calhoun County
Clay County (Charleston area)
Doddridge County (Clarksburg area)
Fayette County (Beckley area)
Gilmer County
Grant County
Greenbrier County
Hampshire County (Winchester area)
Hancock County (Weirton area)
Hardy County
Harrison County (Clarksburg area)
Jackson County
Jefferson County (Washington area)
Kanawha County (Charleston area)
Lewis County
Lincoln County
Logan County
Marion County (Fairmont area)
Marshall County (Wheeling area)
Mason County
McDowell County
Mercer County (Bluefield area)
Mineral County (Cumberland area)
Mingo County
Monongalia County (Morgantown area)
Monroe County
Morgan County (Hagerstown area)
Nicholas County
Ohio County (Wheeling area)
Pendleton County
Pleasants County
Pocahontas County
Preston County (Morgantown area)
Putnam County (Huntington area)
Raleigh County (Beckley area)
Randolph County (Elkins area)
Ritchie County
Roane County
Summers County
Taylor County (Clarksburg area)
Tucker County
Tyler County
Upshur County
Wayne County (Huntington area)
Webster County
Wetzel County
Wirt County (Parkersburg area)
Wood County (Parkersburg area)
Wyoming County