# Cities in West Virginia by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 13 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/west-virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Morgantown, WV | 63.8 |
| 2 | Huntington, WV | 62.7 |
| 3 | Beckley, WV | 56.5 |
| 4 | Wheeling, WV | 56 |
| 5 | Vienna, WV | 56 |
| 6 | Martinsburg, WV | 54.1 |
| 7 | Clarksburg, WV | 53.8 |
| 8 | South Charleston, WV | 51.8 |
| 9 | St. Albans, WV | 49.3 |
| 10 | Weirton, WV | 48.3 |
| 11 | Parkersburg, WV | 48 |
| 12 | Charleston, WV | 46.8 |
| 13 | Fairmont, WV | 44.8 |