Welch, WV — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
In ZIP code 24879, near Welch, per-capita income of $24,921 places the area in working-class territory, well below statewide norms. Homes carry a median value of $99,400, and the county-level property tax rate of 0.67% means annual taxes stay low in dollar terms — an owner of a median-priced house would owe roughly $666 yearly. A combined sales tax of 6.00% applies to purchases. Taken together, the picture is of a lower-income community where housing costs and property taxes remain restrained, though a 6% sales tax draws proportionally more from tighter budgets.