Trends in eviction filings:
West Virginia
55 of 55 counties/municipalities tracked
64,860
Filings since March 16, 20201,037
Filings in September 2025About this state
48.5%
nationally(46.74%)
Rent burdened residentsnationally16.6%
Poverty rate(12.75%)
Eviction Filings and Defaults in West Virginia
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no state-wide moratorium on evictions.
The CDC moratorium was in place from September 4, 2020 through August 26, 2021.
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Eviction Filings by Jurisdiction
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About the Data
Please cite the data as: Civil Court Data Initiative. Legal Services Corporation, 2022. (accessed TODAY’s DATE).
Cases filed under a case type containing any of the following terms or with any of the following event information are considered evictions: WO - Wrongful Occupation
Census data comes from the following 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year tables: B25070 (rent burden), B25032 (housing units), and B25008 (renter and total population).
