Best PlacesDeep Water, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deep Water, 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.
Deep Water ranks 49,496th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on short commutes.
The best neighborhoods in Deep Water
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.
Deep Water's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deep Water ranks high
- Short commute22.8 minutes each way, better than 76% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 68% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 67% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 66% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 58% of towns
Where Deep Water ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$41,080 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Deep Water
A household needs to earn about $17,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deep Water home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,080, 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 Deep Water's effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Deep Water
Deep Water runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Deep Water.
Who works in Deep Water, and how
Work in Deep Water 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 71%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 28%
Life in Deep Water
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Deep Water.
What the weather is like in Deep Water, month by month
Deep Water sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Deep Water
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 156 miles away.
The best schools in and around Deep Water
Schools across Deep Water average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley Pk-8D− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Oak Hill HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deep Water school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deep Water 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 Deep Water against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Deep Water
Is Deep Water a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deep Water ranks 49,496th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on a weak job market and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Deep Water expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $65,879. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $41,080 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Deep Water safe?
Deep Water is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $460 per resident a year.
Compare Deep Water with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deep Water. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deep Water 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.
Deep Water detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deep Water: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deep Water: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deep Water: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deep Water: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deep Water 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.