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Cost of living in Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia

Simple answer

Typical rent is $654 a month.

Mount Gay-Shamrock is a Census community, not a separate city government in West Virginia. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $51,740 a year.

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People
1,166
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$654
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$51,740
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$84,100
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$944
Logan County, WV

Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia has about 1,166 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $84,100.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Logan County is $944 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Mount Gay-Shamrock. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

West Virginia's prices sit at 89.5 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

West Virginia taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.6% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Mount Gay-Shamrock'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 Mount Gay-Shamrock's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for West Virginia in the table we use.

Among 128 places we list in West Virginia with a rent figure, 105 have higher typical rent than Mount Gay-Shamrock.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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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.