Best PlacesCalis, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Calis, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Calis ranks 22,288th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Calis
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.
Calis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Calis ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute22.1 minutes each way, better than 79% of towns
Where Calis ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Calis
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Calis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,031, 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 Calis' effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Calis
Calis runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Calis.
Who works in Calis, and how
Work in Calis centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Calis
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Calis.
What the weather is like in Calis, month by month
Calis sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Calis
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Calis
Schools across Calis average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cameron Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Cameron High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Calis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Calis 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 Calis against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Calis
Is Calis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Calis ranks 22,288th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, tree cover, and fast internet, and lowest on cell coverage and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Calis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $209,000. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $92,031 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Calis safe?
Calis is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $282 per resident a year.
Compare Calis with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Calis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Calis 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.
Calis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Calis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Calis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Calis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Calis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Calis 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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