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Cost of living in Petersburg, West Virginia

Petersburg, West Virginia has about 2,384 people. Typical rent is $646 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $42,917 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.

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Typical rent is $646 a month.

Petersburg is a city in West Virginia. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $42,917 a year.

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People
2,384
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$646
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$42,917
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$124,500
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$944
Grant County, WV

Petersburg, West Virginia has about 2,384 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $124,500.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Grant County is $944 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Petersburg. 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 Petersburg'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 Petersburg'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, 110 have higher typical rent than Petersburg.

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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.