Best PlacesComfort, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Comfort, 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.
Comfort ranks 36,306th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Comfort
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.
Comfort's strengths and weaknesses
Where Comfort ranks high
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 83% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 70% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 69% of towns
Where Comfort ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Comfort
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Comfort home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,967, 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 Comfort'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 Comfort
Comfort runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Comfort.
Who works in Comfort, and how
Work in Comfort centers on mining & oil & gas and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Comfort
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Comfort.
What the weather is like in Comfort, month by month
Comfort sees roughly 61 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 Comfort
The nearest airport, West Virginia International Yeager, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around Comfort
Schools across Comfort average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sherman Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Baileysville Elementary & Middle SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sherman Junior High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Sherman High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Westside High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Comfort school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Comfort 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 Comfort against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Comfort
Is Comfort a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Comfort ranks 36,306th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a stable housing market, and walkability, and lowest on a weak job market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Comfort expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $97,546. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $65,967 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Comfort safe?
Yes, Comfort is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
Compare Comfort with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Comfort. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Comfort 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.
Comfort detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Comfort: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Comfort: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Comfort: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Comfort: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Comfort 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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