Best PlacesCabin Creek, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cabin Creek, 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.
Cabin Creek ranks 49,452nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cabin Creek
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.
Cabin Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cabin Creek ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- Short commute23.1 minutes each way, better than 74% of towns
Where Cabin Creek ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$38,632 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cabin Creek
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cabin Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $38,632, 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 Cabin Creek's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cabin Creek
Cabin Creek 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 Cabin Creek.
Who works in Cabin Creek, and how
Work in Cabin Creek centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Cabin Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cabin Creek.
What the weather is like in Cabin Creek, month by month
Cabin Creek sees roughly 57 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 Cabin Creek
The nearest airport, West Virginia International Yeager, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 145 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cabin Creek
Schools across Cabin Creek average a C−, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Midland Trail Elementary SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Sharon Dawes Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Bank Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverside High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cabin Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cabin Creek 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 Cabin Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cabin Creek
Is Cabin Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cabin Creek ranks 49,452nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and an educated workforce, and lowest on a weak job market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cabin Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $102,063. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $38,632 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Cabin Creek safe?
Cabin Creek is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $730 per resident a year.
Compare Cabin Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cabin Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cabin Creek 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.
Cabin Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cabin Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cabin Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cabin Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cabin Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cabin Creek 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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