What salary do you need to live in Weirton, WV?

Weirton housing costs at a glance

Census figures put the median gross rent in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro at $605 for a one-bedroom, $816 for a two-bedroom and $979 for a three-bedroom. Moving from one to two bedrooms adds $211 a month, and the third bedroom another $163.

Buying is the other half of the housing picture: owners put the median home in Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH at $131,300. That is only 2.2× the area's median household income of $58,784, a low ratio by national standards.

The Regional Price Parity, BEA's index of local prices with the US at 100, is 89.0 here. Below 100 means a paycheck stretches further: $100,000 in Weirton has the buying power of roughly $112,329 at national average prices.

How much you need to earn in Weirton

With a two-bedroom at the median rent, the score enters Tight at $16,000, Okay at $36,000 and Comfortable at $73,000 a year before tax. At the Comfortable line, a year of rent takes 13% of income and the median home is 1.8× income.

Royal, the top band, starts at $222,000. At that income rent is 4% of pay and the median home 0.6× income.

Each figure is the lowest income, to the next $1,000, at which the calculator itself would show that grade for a two-bedroom in Weirton.

Four salaries, three home sizes in Weirton

Take a $75,000 salary. In a one-bedroom the rent share is 10% and the score 71, Comfortable; in a three-bedroom the share rises to 16% and the score falls to 63, Okay.

Of the four salaries, $75,000 is the first where a two-bedroom reads Comfortable or better; $50,000 still lands at Okay.

Weirton on the national list

Ranked against all 387 metros, Weirton sits 311th on overall price level and 382nd on the two-bedroom rent median, counting from the most expensive. Its median home value ranks 384th.

Its nearest neighbors on the rent list are Beckley, WV ($816) and Youngstown-Warren, OH ($814).

Weirton vs. the rest of West Virginia

Statewide, West Virginia's median two-bedroom rent is $896 and its median home value $162,600. Weirton's rent is −9% against that, and its home value −19%; the price parity is 89.0 versus 89.5 for the state. The metro also reaches into Ohio; it is compared with West Virginia, home of its first-named principal city.

On statewide medians, a two-bedroom budget reaches Comfortable at $85,000 — above Weirton's $73,000 line.

Within West Virginia, the metros closest to Weirton on rent and overall prices are Beckley, WV, Wheeling, WV-OH, and Parkersburg-Vienna, WV. Their Comfortable lines for two bedrooms sit at $71,000, $79,000, and $76,000.

Weirton's median income on the scale

What about a typical local household? Census puts median household income here at $58,784, which grades Okay (59) for a two-bedroom at the median rent. The Comfortable line is 24% above what the median household makes. For West Virginia as a whole, the median household income of $59,608 scores 55 against statewide rents. A household figure may pool several earners, unlike a single salary.

Treat every number here as a pre-tax, public-data estimate rather than financial advice.