Property tax in Pocahontas County, West Virginia

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Pocahontas County, West Virginia is $462 a year, which is about 0.3% of the county's median home value of $152,400. That effective rate is lower than the typical West Virginia county (0.49%) and lower than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Pocahontas County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Pocahontas County's average effective rate of 0.3% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Home market value

Estimated property tax: $457 / year

Property tax in Pocahontas County at a glance

Pocahontas County, West Virginia property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$462
Median home value	$152,400
Effective tax rate	0.3%
Typical West Virginia county rate	0.49%
National median county rate	0.81%

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Pocahontas County compare in West Virginia?

Among West Virginia's 55 counties, Pocahontas County has the 55th highest effective property-tax rate. That places it among the least taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 3081st of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every West Virginia county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Pocahontas County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Pocahontas County's 2,660 owner-occupied homes, 1.5% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 2.9% pay at least $2,000, and 78.1% pay under $800. Another 2.7% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Pocahontas County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	2,077	78.1%
$800 to $1,499	381	14.3%
$1,500 to $1,999	55	2.1%
$2,000 to $2,999	36	1.4%
$3,000 or more	39	1.5%
No property tax paid	72	2.7%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $490 and owners without one pay $443. That is within 10% either way, so in Pocahontas County paying off the house does not go with a noticeably different bill. Census table B25103.

How does the Pocahontas County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $462 is about 1% of the median income of Pocahontas County homeowner households, $44,038 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 83.6% of Pocahontas County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Pocahontas County?

The survey cannot tell. The median bill was $422 in 2015-2019 and $462 in 2020-2024, but that $40 difference is inside the Census's own margin of error for a county this size, so it could be sampling noise rather than a real change.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Pocahontas County

Pocahontas County borders 6 counties, 2 of them across the state line.

Pocahontas County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Highland County, VA	0.57%	$1,135	$200,000
Greenbrier County, WV	0.44%	$663	$149,000
Webster County, WV	0.4%	$303	$76,100
Bath County, VA	0.39%	$797	$206,700
Randolph County, WV	0.39%	$559	$144,800
Pendleton County, WV	0.34%	$633	$183,800
Pocahontas County, WV (this county)	0.3%	$462	$152,400

How is a home assessed in Pocahontas County?

West Virginia assesses homes at 60% of market value in every county, Pocahontas County included. How West Virginia assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Pocahontas County?

Not as a dollar amount. A West Virginia home you own and live in is Class II property, whose combined levy rate is capped at half the rate on ordinary Class III and Class IV property. That is the West Virginia rule, and it applies in Pocahontas County. West Virginia's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Pocahontas County?

Tax is billed once a year and paid in two equal halves. The first half is payable September 1 and goes delinquent October 1; the second is payable the following March 1 and goes delinquent April 1. Pay on or before the date an installment is payable and you get a 2.5% discount, which applies to either half. Once a payment goes delinquent, interest runs at 9% a year. County sheriffs mail the bills, called tax tickets, in July.

West Virginia splits the bill into 2 installments. That is the West Virginia rule. Pocahontas County issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Pocahontas County property assessment

You contest the assessed value with the the county commission sitting as the board of equalization and review, then the West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals. The filing deadline is typically while the county board is in session, which opens by February 1 and must adjourn by the end of February. That is the West Virginia rule; Pocahontas County sets the exact dates and forms. The West Virginia appeal process step by step.

West Virginia rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the West Virginia page.

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Pocahontas County, West Virginia: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.