Best PlacesDailey, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dailey, 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.
Dailey ranks 34,507th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dailey
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.
Dailey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dailey ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Dailey ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dailey
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dailey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,089, 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 Dailey's effective rate of 0.34%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dailey
Dailey 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 Dailey.
Who works in Dailey, and how
Work in Dailey centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Dailey
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dailey.
What the weather is like in Dailey, month by month
Dailey sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 31° | 20° |
| April | 68° | 52° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 70° | 54° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Dailey
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dailey
Schools across Dailey average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beverly Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elkins Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Elkins High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Tygarts Valley Middle/high SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dailey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dailey 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 Dailey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dailey
Is Dailey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dailey ranks 34,507th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low disaster risk, and low property taxes, and lowest on state infrastructure and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dailey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,962. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $61,089 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Dailey safe?
Dailey is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
Compare Dailey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dailey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dailey 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.
Dailey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dailey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dailey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dailey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dailey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dailey 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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