Last updated 2026-07-10 ยท MovePlan Editorial Team
The lowest housing costs in the East, wild mountains, rivers, and a remote-work cash incentive.
1. Morgantown: Best overall
2. Charleston: Best big city
3. Huntington: Best value
4. Lewisburg: Best small town
5. Shepherdstown: Best for DC access
6. Fayetteville: Best for the outdoors
7. Martinsburg: Best for affordability and commuting
8. Wheeling: Best historic city
West Virginia offers some of the lowest housing costs in the country alongside genuinely wild mountain scenery, whitewater rivers, and a remote-worker relocation incentive in towns like Morgantown. Here are the 8 best places to live in West Virginia, ranked.