Bayard, WV — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
Residents of ZIP 26731, centered on Bayard, earn a per-capita income of $30,315, placing the area in working- to middle-income territory. Homes here are valued at a median of $318,900, and the county-level property tax rate of 0.31% keeps annual tax bills unusually low given that home value. A 6.00% combined sales tax applies to purchases. Together these figures describe a place where housing wealth outpaces earned income, and where taxes lean more on spending than on property ownership.