Best PlacesBentree, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bentree, 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.
Bentree ranks 50,055th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bentree
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.
Bentree's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bentree ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Bentree ranks low
- Short commute50.3 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$24,656 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bentree
A household needs to earn about $19,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bentree home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $24,656, 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 Bentree's effective rate of 0.34%, 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 Bentree
Bentree runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bentree.
Who works in Bentree, and how
Work in Bentree centers on public administration and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bentree
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bentree.
What the weather is like in Bentree, month by month
Bentree sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Bentree
The nearest airport, West Virginia International Yeager, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bentree
Schools across Bentree average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clay Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clay Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Clay County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bentree school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bentree 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 Bentree against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bentree
Is Bentree a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bentree ranks 50,055th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, fast internet, and tree cover, and lowest on long commutes and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bentree expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $77,000. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $24,656 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Bentree safe?
Bentree is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $611 per resident a year.
Compare Bentree with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bentree. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bentree 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.
Bentree detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bentree: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bentree: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bentree: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bentree: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bentree 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.