Best PlacesBob White, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bob White, 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.
Bob White ranks 48,818th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bob White
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.
Bob White's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bob White ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 74% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 70% of towns
Where Bob White ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$37,616 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bob White
A household needs to earn about $12,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bob White home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $37,616, 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 Bob White's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bob White
Bob White runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bob White.
Who works in Bob White, and how
Work in Bob White centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Bob White
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bob White.
What the weather is like in Bob White, month by month
Bob White sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Bob White
The nearest airport, West Virginia International Yeager, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bob White
Schools across Bob White average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Van ElementaryD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madison Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Van Junior Senior High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bob White school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bob White 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 Bob White against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bob White
Is Bob White a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bob White ranks 48,818th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bob White expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $48,700. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $37,616 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Bob White safe?
Bob White is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
Compare Bob White with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bob White. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bob White 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.
Bob White detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bob White: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bob White: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bob White: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bob White: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bob White 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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