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Here are some West Virginia cities (city proper) by median property value and 1-year change in value:

• Beckley: $111,800 (-2.2%) [a good natural base, given New River Gorge National Park is right there]
• Berkeley Springs: $156,300 (+4.2%)
• Bluefield: $84,900 (+10.8%)
• Bolivar: $188,700 (+7.8%) [Harpers Ferry cousin]
• Charles Town: $237,800 (+2.5%)
• Charleston: $145,300 (-3%)
• Clarksburg: $86,000 (+3.5%)
• Cross Lanes: $139,800 (+2.7%)
• Fairmont: $108,900 (+0.4%)
• Harpers Ferry: $324,500 (+4.9%)
• Hinton: $74,500 (+11.7%) [surrounded by New River Gorge National Park]
• Huntington: $97,100 (+2%)
• Morgantown: $198,300 (+8.7%)
• Parkersburg: $89,900 (+2.6%)
• Saint Albans: $114,800 (+2.6%)
• Shepherdstown: $334,400 (+4.5%) [lots of Feds live here]
• South Charleston: $133,100 (+11.8%)
• Summersville: $131,800 (+15.1%)
• Teays Valley: $222,400 (+3.1%)
• Vienna: $129,200 (+1.9%)
• Weirton: $94,900 (+3.7%)
• Wheeling: $107,700 (+3.3%)