Best PlacesEast End, Charleston, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East End, Charleston, 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.
East End, Charleston ranks 4,022nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East End, Charleston
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.
East End, Charleston's strengths and weaknesses
Where East End, Charleston ranks high
- Short commute14.7 minutes each way, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$747 a month, better than 93% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where East End, Charleston ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in East End, Charleston
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East End, Charleston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,047, 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 East End, Charleston's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East End, Charleston
East End, Charleston 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 East End, Charleston.
Who works in East End, Charleston, and how
Work in East End, Charleston centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in East End, Charleston
East End, Charleston has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of East End, Charleston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East End, Charleston, month by month
East End, Charleston sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of East End, Charleston
The nearest airport, West Virginia International Yeager, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 133 miles away.
The best schools in and around East End, Charleston
Schools across East End, Charleston average a D+, better than 22% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Piedmont Year-round EducationD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Horace Mann Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- West Side Middle SchoolF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Capital High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East End, Charleston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East End, Charleston 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 East End, Charleston against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in East End, Charleston
Is East End, Charleston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East End, Charleston ranks 4,022nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on short commutes, cell coverage, and affordable childcare, and lowest on state infrastructure and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East End, Charleston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,885. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $62,047 median income, cost of living beats 57% of neighborhoods.
Is East End, Charleston safe?
East End, Charleston is safer than 42% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $495 per resident a year.
Compare East End, Charleston with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East End, Charleston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East End, Charleston 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.
East End, Charleston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East End, Charleston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East End, Charleston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East End, Charleston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East End, Charleston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East End, Charleston 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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