Best PlacesCherry Falls, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cherry Falls, 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.
Cherry Falls ranks 45,231st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cherry Falls
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.
Cherry Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cherry Falls ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of towns
Where Cherry Falls ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Household income$42,873 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cherry Falls
A household needs to earn about $19,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cherry Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $42,873, 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 Cherry Falls' effective rate of 0.28%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cherry Falls
Cherry Falls's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Cherry Falls.
Who works in Cherry Falls, and how
Work in Cherry Falls centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Cherry Falls
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cherry Falls.
What the weather is like in Cherry Falls, month by month
Cherry Falls sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Cherry Falls
The nearest airport, Greenbrier Valley, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 141 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cherry Falls
Schools across Cherry Falls average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Webster Springs Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Webster County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cherry Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cherry Falls 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 Cherry Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cherry Falls
Is Cherry Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cherry Falls ranks 45,231st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cherry Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $80,076. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $42,873 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Cherry Falls safe?
Cherry Falls is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $321 per resident a year.
Compare Cherry Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cherry Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cherry Falls 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.
Cherry Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cherry Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cherry Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cherry Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cherry Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cherry Falls 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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