Best Places25119, WV Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 25119, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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25119 ranks 31,961st of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 25119

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 25119 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

25119's strengths and weaknesses

Top 10%Tree cover
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 25119 with other zip codes.

Where 25119 ranks high

  • Tree shadeBetter than 91% of zip codes
  • Low property taxBetter than 76% of zip codes
  • Heat safetyBetter than 69% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than 67% of zip codes
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than 62% of zip codes

Where 25119 ranks low

  • Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Health outlookBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than only 2% of zip codes
  • State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than only 5% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 25119

A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 25119 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,254, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$21,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$493
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $83,606 home

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$426
Property tax$39
Homeowners insurance$28

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 25119's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.


Who lives in 25119

25119 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
53
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
23%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.4
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1820%
18 to 3416%
35 to 4919%
50 to 6422%
65 and older23%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 25119.


Who works in 25119, and how

Work in 25119 centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
6%
below the national average
Unemployment
12.7%
above the national average
Job growth
−13.2%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social21%
Retail trade14%
Construction14%
Transportation & warehousing14%
Hospitality & food8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 83%
  • Work from home 6%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 11%

Life in 25119

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 25119.


What the weather is like in 25119, month by month

25119 sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January43°32°23°
April68°53°42°
July84°72°62°
October68°56°45°

Flying in and out of 25119

The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 161 miles away.

Nearest airport
BKW
Raleigh County Memorial, about 19 miles
Airport size
Nonprimary
3 nonstop destinations
Average drive
27 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 25119

Schools across 25119 average a D, better than 8% of zip codes.

Top elementary schools

Top middle schools

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 25119 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


25119 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 25119 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 25119

Is 25119 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 25119 ranks 31,961st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and heat safety, and lowest on cell coverage and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 25119 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $83,606. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $50,254 median income, cost of living beats 17% of zip codes.

Is 25119 safe?

25119 is safer than 37% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $342 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 25119. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 25119 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

25119 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 25119: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 25119: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 25119: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 25119: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

25119 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.