Best PlacesCrawley, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crawley, 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.
Crawley ranks 44,476th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Crawley
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.
Crawley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crawley ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 73% of towns
Where Crawley ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$46,650 median, better than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crawley
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crawley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,650, 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 Crawley's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 Crawley
Crawley runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crawley.
Who works in Crawley, and how
Work in Crawley centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Crawley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crawley.
What the weather is like in Crawley, month by month
Crawley sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Crawley
The nearest airport, Greenbrier Valley, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 174 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crawley
Schools across Crawley average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Smoot ElementaryC− · 29% proficient
- Rupert ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Western Greenbrier Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Greenbrier East High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Greenbrier West High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crawley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crawley 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 Crawley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crawley
Is Crawley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crawley ranks 44,476th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on state infrastructure and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crawley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $102,391. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $46,650 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Crawley safe?
Yes, Crawley is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
Compare Crawley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crawley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crawley 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.
Crawley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crawley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crawley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crawley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crawley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crawley 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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