Best PlacesBeech Bottom, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beech Bottom, 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.
Beech Bottom ranks 44,844th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The cost of living against local pay pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on biking.
The best neighborhoods in Beech Bottom
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.
Beech Bottom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beech Bottom ranks high
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 79% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 73% of towns
Where Beech Bottom ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$36,709 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute39.7 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beech Bottom
A household needs to earn about $20,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beech Bottom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $36,709, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
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 Beech Bottom's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Beech Bottom
Beech Bottom's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Beech Bottom.
Who works in Beech Bottom, and how
Work in Beech Bottom centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 98%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Beech Bottom
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Beech Bottom.
What the weather is like in Beech Bottom, month by month
Beech Bottom sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Beech Bottom
Pittsburgh International sits about 29 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Beech Bottom
Schools across Beech Bottom average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buckeye North Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Buckeye South Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buckeye Local Junior HighB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Buckeye Local High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beech Bottom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beech Bottom 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 Beech Bottom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beech Bottom
Is Beech Bottom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beech Bottom ranks 44,844th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, a stable housing market, and an educated workforce, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beech Bottom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $77,437. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $36,709 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Beech Bottom safe?
Beech Bottom is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $365 per resident a year.
Compare Beech Bottom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beech Bottom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beech Bottom 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.
Beech Bottom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beech Bottom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beech Bottom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beech Bottom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beech Bottom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beech Bottom detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- 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.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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