Buying in Cabell County, West Virginia

Cabell County at a glance

Cabell County is one of 55 counties and county-equivalents in West Virginia. Its county seat is Huntington. County government publishes its offices and parcel tools online. Official county website. With a 2024 Census Bureau population estimate of 91,489, it is the fourth most populous county in West Virginia. In the FBI's 2024 reported-crime file, agencies here reported 2,995 offenses — 32.74 per 1,000 residents; the breakdown is below.

Records to check before you buy in Cabell County

• Property record card — the Cabell County assessor / appraisal office. Pull the parcel's assessed-value history, exemption status, and last sale. This is the file your future tax bill is calculated from, and it shows whether the current owner is enjoying exemptions you will not inherit. County government sits in Huntington; the official county website is the reliable route to the parcel search and the office directory.
• Deeds & liens — the Cabell County recorder / land-records office. Read the deed chain, open liens, easements, and plat maps — the file a listing never mentions.
• Official flood determination. Check the exact parcel on FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer — not the listing site's licensed model. Zone boundaries cut through streets; the house next door can be in a different zone. Cabell County is the primary county for 12 ZIP codes in the Census Bureau's ZIP-to-county crosswalk — and zone lines ignore every one of them.
• The county's reported-crime record. In the FBI's 2024 file, agencies in Cabell County reported 2,995 offenses — 32.74 per 1,000 residents; the largest single category was larceny-theft (1,939). The crime section below sets that beside the West Virginia county median.
• Registry check. Run the address through West Virginia Sex Offender Registry (West Virginia State Police) and note the counts within a mile — then check again the week you close.
• Permits & code history — the Cabell building department. Open permits, expired permits, and code cases tell you whether the renovation in the photos was ever inspected. County permitting is run out of Huntington.
• School assignment — the district office, not the listing. Only the district's own boundary lookup confirms which school an address is actually zoned for.

County list, land area and population: U.S. Census Bureau (population: 2024 PEP estimate). County seat and official website: Wikidata (CC0), checked 2026-11-04. Flood determinations: FEMA. Registry: West Virginia.

Reported crime in Cabell County — FBI 2024

Agencies in Cabell County reported 2,995 offenses to the FBI in 2024 — 490 violent and 2,505 property offenses. That works out to a reported-crime rate of 32.74 per 1,000 residents (violent 535.6, property 2738.0 per 100,000).

Inside West Virginia, the median county in the same file recorded a violent-crime rate of 168 per 100,000 and a property-crime rate of 515 per 100,000 (medians computed from the FBI 2024 county file across 55 counties).

The largest reported categories were larceny-theft (1,939), burglary (375) and aggravated assault (330).

Coverage: 9 of 9 law-enforcement agencies assigned to this county reported at least one month of 2024 offense data to the FBI; 7 reported all 12 months. Counts are reported offenses only (FBI Return A / Arson master files), assigned whole to each agency's primary county; they are not adjusted for non-reporting agencies.

These are offenses reported to law enforcement — not convictions, and not a verdict on any street or address. A CurbFacts report pairs this county record with the ZIP-level picture for the specific address you are buying.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, UCR Return A + Arson master files, data year 2024 (pulled 2026-11-04).

The West Virginia rules that apply in Cabell County

Traps researched for West Virginia buyers: Agent duty is not seller duty.

Read the full West Virginia guide — disclosure standard, tax math, registry and flood

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