Best PlacesCranesville, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cranesville, 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.
Cranesville ranks 14,407th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cranesville
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.
Cranesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cranesville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
Where Cranesville ranks low
- Short commute44.2 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cranesville
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cranesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,473, 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 Cranesville's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Cranesville
Cranesville runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cranesville.
Who works in Cranesville, and how
Work in Cranesville centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 98%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Cranesville
Cranesville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Cranesville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cranesville, month by month
Cranesville sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 57° | 47° | 39° |
| July | 76° | 68° | 62° |
| October | 59° | 50° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Cranesville
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 75 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cranesville
Schools across Cranesville average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bruceton SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Terra Alta/east Preston SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Preston High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cranesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cranesville 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 Cranesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cranesville
Is Cranesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cranesville ranks 14,407th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, a strong job market, and quiet, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cranesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,100. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $81,473 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Cranesville safe?
Yes, Cranesville is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $192 per resident a year.
Compare Cranesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cranesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cranesville 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.
Cranesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cranesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cranesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cranesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cranesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cranesville 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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