Best PlacesBuck, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Buck, 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.
Buck ranks 47,018th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Buck
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.
Buck's strengths and weaknesses
Where Buck ranks high
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 68% of towns
Where Buck ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$44,108 median, better than only 7% of towns
- Short commute37.3 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Buck
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Buck home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $44,108, 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 Buck's effective rate of 0.38%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Buck
Buck 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 Buck.
Who works in Buck, and how
Work in Buck centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Buck
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Buck.
What the weather is like in Buck, month by month
Buck sees roughly 88 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.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Buck
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 164 miles away.
The best schools in and around Buck
Schools across Buck average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mountain View Elementary & Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Talcott Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Hinton Area ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Shady Spring Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Peterstown Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Buck school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Buck 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 Buck against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Buck
Is Buck a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Buck ranks 47,018th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on state infrastructure and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Buck expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,366. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $44,108 median income, cost of living beats 5% of towns.
Is Buck safe?
Buck is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $374 per resident a year.
Compare Buck with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Buck. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Buck 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.
Buck detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Buck: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Buck: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Buck: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Buck: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Buck 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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