Best PlacesDenver Heights, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Denver Heights, 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.
Denver Heights ranks 48,327th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Denver Heights
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.
Denver Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Denver Heights ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 75% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 73% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 68% of towns
Where Denver Heights ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$43,511 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Denver Heights
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Denver Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,511, 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 Denver Heights' effective rate of 0.58%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Denver Heights
Denver Heights 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 Denver Heights.
Who works in Denver Heights, and how
Work in Denver Heights centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 24%
Life in Denver Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Denver Heights.
What the weather is like in Denver Heights, month by month
Denver Heights sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Denver Heights
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Denver Heights
Schools across Denver Heights average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cameron Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Long Drain SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Hundred High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Cameron High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Denver Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Denver Heights 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 Denver Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Denver Heights
Is Denver Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Denver Heights ranks 48,327th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, quiet, and low disaster risk, and lowest on cell coverage and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Denver Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $93,411. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $43,511 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Denver Heights safe?
Denver Heights is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $635 per resident a year.
Compare Denver Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Denver Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Denver Heights 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.
Denver Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Denver Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Denver Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Denver Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Denver Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Denver Heights 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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