Best PlacesCazy, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cazy, 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.
Cazy ranks 48,380th 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 Cazy
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.
Cazy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cazy ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 70% of towns
Where Cazy ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Household income$41,589 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cazy
A household needs to earn about $12,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cazy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,589, 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 Cazy's effective rate of 0.43%, 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 Cazy
Cazy runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cazy.
Who works in Cazy, and how
Work in Cazy centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Cazy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cazy.
What the weather is like in Cazy, month by month
Cazy sees roughly 71 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 Cazy
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 154 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cazy
Schools across Cazy average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ramage ElementaryC− · 29% proficient
- Road Branch Elementary & Middle SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- 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 Cazy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cazy 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 Cazy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cazy
Is Cazy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cazy ranks 48,380th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and tree cover, 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 Cazy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $48,700. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $41,589 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Cazy safe?
Cazy is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $321 per resident a year.
Compare Cazy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cazy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cazy 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.
Cazy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cazy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cazy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cazy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cazy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cazy 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.