Cost of living in Kanawha County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,048 a month.
That HUD number covers Kanawha County, West Virginia, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $730
- 1 bed
- $844
- 2 bed
- $1,048
- 3 bed
- $1,324
- 4 bed
- $1,377
This county is in the Charleston, WV area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 88.7 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Charleston · 47,421 people
- South Charleston · 13,457 people
- St. Albans · 10,522 people
- Cross Lanes · 9,671 people
- Dunbar · 7,254 people
- Nitro · 6,853 people
- Pinch · 4,037 people
- Sissonville · 3,593 people
- Chesapeake · 1,702 people
- Belle · 1,611 people
- Marmet · 1,524 people
- Coal Fork · 1,423 people
- Tornado · 1,114 people