What is the median rent in Point Pleasant, WV?

Name: Median rent in Point Pleasant, WV, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Point Pleasant, WV is $624 (±$64) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 627 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Point Pleasant, the median gross rent went from $557 in 2015–2019 to $624 in 2020–2024 (+12.0%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $624 (±$64)
Rented homes: 627 (±232)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +12.0%

How much rent costs in Point Pleasant

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Point Pleasant	Mason County	West Virginia	United States
Less than $500	33.2% (±16.3 points)	23.3%	14.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	60.3% (±19.5 points)	57.4%	50.1%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	6.5% (±8.1 points)	15.9%	26.8%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±5.8 points)	3.4%	6.0%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±5.8 points)	0.0%	1.4%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±5.8 points)	0.0%	0.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±5.8 points)	0.0%	0.6%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 60.3% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Point Pleasant cost $2,000 or more a month.

Point Pleasant against Mason County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Point Pleasant	Mason County	West Virginia	United States
Median gross rent	$624 (±$64)	$671 (±$83)	$872 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	627 (±232)	1,238 (±272)	156,233 (±2,830)	42,849,984

In Point Pleasant, median gross rent is not measurably different from Mason County ($671).

It is also lower than in West Virginia ($872).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Mason County, Point Pleasant ranks 4 of 5 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 185 of 221.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Point Pleasant has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$557 (±$246)	$624 (±$64)	+12.0%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	32.7% (±8.8 points)	37.3% (±11.6 points)	+4.6 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±4.8 points)	0.0% (±5.0 points)	0.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Point Pleasant

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Point Pleasant
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Point Pleasant	—	$624 (±$64)	—
Henderson	1.3 mi	$857 (±$158)	Higher
Addison Township	3.2 mi	$833 (±$360)	Not measurably different
Gallipolis Township	3.8 mi	$856 (±$72)	Higher
Gallipolis	3.8 mi	$855 (±$80)	Higher
Cheshire	7.0 mi	$781 (±$212)	Not measurably different
Cheshire Township	8.4 mi	$756 (±$295)	Not measurably different
Green Township (Gallia County)	8.4 mi	$745 (±$98)	Higher
Springfield Township (Gallia County)	8.8 mi	$654 (±$172)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Henderson, WV ($857), Gallipolis Township, OH ($856), Gallipolis, OH ($855).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Mason County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Mason	$983 (±$244)
2	Leon	$914 (±$340)
3	Henderson	$857 (±$158)
4	Point Pleasant	$624 (±$64)
5	New Haven	$575 (±$456)

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Point Pleasant

What is the average rent in Point Pleasant, WV?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Point Pleasant is $624 (±$64) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Point Pleasant?

In Point Pleasant, the median gross rent went from $557 in 2015–2019 to $624 in 2020–2024 (+12.0%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Point Pleasant cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Point Pleasant have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 33.2% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Point Pleasant higher than in Mason County?

In Point Pleasant, median gross rent is not measurably different from Mason County ($671).

It is also lower than in West Virginia ($872).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Point Pleasant city, West Virginia (place:64708, in state:54).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.