Best PlacesEccles, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eccles, 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.
Eccles ranks 30,026th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Eccles
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.
Eccles' strengths and weaknesses
Where Eccles ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 76% of towns
Where Eccles ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eccles
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eccles home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,206, 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 Eccles' effective rate of 0.51%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eccles
Eccles runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eccles.
Who works in Eccles, and how
Work in Eccles centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Eccles
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Eccles.
What the weather is like in Eccles, month by month
Eccles sees roughly 87 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 Eccles
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 176 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eccles
Schools across Eccles average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairdale Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Trap Hill Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eccles school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eccles 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 Eccles against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eccles
Is Eccles a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eccles ranks 30,026th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, fast internet, and low disaster risk, and lowest on civic engagement and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eccles expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,351. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $73,206 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Eccles safe?
Eccles is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $346 per resident a year.
Compare Eccles with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eccles. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eccles 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.
Eccles detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eccles: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eccles: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eccles: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eccles: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eccles 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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