Census-designated place Mount Gay-Shamrock is a census-designated place in West Virginia, in Logan County. A census-designated place is an unincorporated community that the Census Bureau defines for statistics; it has no city government of its own.
The median owner-occupied home in Mount Gay-Shamrock had a real-estate tax bill of $441 (± $119) a year, compared with $835 in West Virginia and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $81,400 (± $38,774), compared with $155,600 in West Virginia and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Mount Gay-Shamrock | West Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,440 ± 457 | 1,784,462 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $441 ± $119rough guide only: the margin of error is 27% of the estimate | $835 ± $9 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $81,400 ± $38,774rough guide only: the margin of error is 48% of the estimate | $155,600 ± $1,679 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $49,063 ± $13,027rough guide only: the margin of error is 27% of the estimate | $57,917 ± $607 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | Too imprecise to report (estimate 0.54%, margin of error ± 0.30 points) | 0.54% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 73.3% ± 19.4 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 26% of the estimate | 74.3% ± 0.4 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 52.5% ± 21.5 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 41% of the estimate | 37.8% ± 0.3 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | Too imprecise to report (estimate 3.0%, margin of error ± 7.8 points) | 14.3% ± 0.4 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
If property taxes go unpaid in West Virginia
How it works. State Auditor/deputy commissioner delinquent-land sale/deed process under current Article 3, following consolidation of prior county/deputy land-commissioner procedures
Excess sale money. §11A-3-65 provides former owner/heirs/assigns a claim to surplus over taxes, interest and costs for qualifying sales if circuit-court claim is filed within 2 years after confirmation of sale. Unclaimed surplus is paid to State Auditor for General School Fund under statute
These rules are set by West Virginia, not by Mount Gay-Shamrock, so this section is the same for every place in the state. Last verified 2026-09-25. See the full West Virginia entry with statute links.