Cost of Living in Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry's cost of living runs genuinely NOT affordable on housing and rent by this project's standard, offset by a genuinely low property tax rate and West Virginia's statewide tax advantages.
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Learn moreHousing runs at or above the national median
Cited home-value figures ($372,292 to $449,000 depending on source) sit at or modestly above the roughly $393,134 national median -- a real, disclosed contrast to most of rural West Virginia (base record).
Rent carries a real, disclosed spread
Cited rent figures range from a $1,697 average to a $2,130 average across sources -- a real, disclosed spread this record does not resolve to one number (base record).
A genuinely low property tax rate
Ownwell's cited 0.70% effective property tax rate and $1,838 median annual bill run well below the ~1.02% national median, even with a real, disclosed cross-source tension in Ownwell's own WV statewide comparison figure (base record).
West Virginia's real 2026 tax structure
West Virginia's 4.58% top income tax rate and full 100% Social Security exemption (tax year 2026) apply in Harpers Ferry as statewide -- especially relevant given the town's sharply above-average retiree population (base record).
Key takeaways
- Housing runs genuinely NOT affordable -- cited values ($372K-$449K) sit at/above the national median.
- Rent carries a real, disclosed spread from $1,697 to $2,130 depending on source.
- Harpers Ferry's 0.70% effective property tax rate runs well below the national median.
- West Virginia's 100% Social Security exemption (2026) benefits the town's above-average retiree population.
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