Best PlacesBridgeway, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bridgeway, 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.
Bridgeway ranks 23,239th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bridgeway
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.
Bridgeway's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bridgeway ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute21.5 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Bridgeway ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bridgeway
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bridgeway home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,553, 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 Bridgeway's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bridgeway
Bridgeway runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bridgeway.
Who works in Bridgeway, and how
Work in Bridgeway centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bridgeway
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bridgeway.
What the weather is like in Bridgeway, month by month
Bridgeway sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Bridgeway
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bridgeway
Schools across Bridgeway average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Arthur I Boreman Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tyler Consolidated Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Tyler Consolidated High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bridgeway school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bridgeway 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 Bridgeway against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bridgeway
Is Bridgeway a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bridgeway ranks 23,239th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, short commutes, and cell coverage, and lowest on state infrastructure and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bridgeway expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,679. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $76,553 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Bridgeway safe?
Bridgeway is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
Compare Bridgeway with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bridgeway. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bridgeway 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.
Bridgeway detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bridgeway: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bridgeway: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bridgeway: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bridgeway: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bridgeway 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.