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Cost of living in Cheat Lake, West Virginia

Cheat Lake, West Virginia has about 10,902 people. Typical rent is $1,124 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $117,014 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #9 in West Virginia on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

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Typical rent is $1,124 a month.

Cheat Lake is a Census community, not a separate city government in West Virginia. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $117,014 a year.

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People
10,902
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,124
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$117,014
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$367,600
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,143
Morgantown, WV MSA
Gas
$4.035
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C), week of October 12, 2026

Cheat Lake, West Virginia has about 10,902 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $367,600.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Monongalia County is $1,143 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Cheat Lake. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Morgantown, WV metro area, prices sit at 93.3 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

West Virginia taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.6% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Cheat Lake's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical West Virginia home paid 15.78¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Cheat Lake's bill.

EIA does not publish a West Virginia gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) all-grades price was $4.035 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $1,936.80 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in West Virginia shares this price.

Among 128 places we list in West Virginia with a rent figure, 11 have higher typical rent than Cheat Lake.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.