Best PlacesEntry, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Entry, 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.
Entry ranks 35,224th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Entry
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.
Entry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Entry ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute20.3 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
Where Entry ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Entry
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Entry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,113, 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 Entry's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Entry
Entry runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Entry.
Who works in Entry, and how
Work in Entry centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Entry
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Entry.
What the weather is like in Entry, month by month
Entry sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 76° | 66° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Entry
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 105 miles away.
The best schools in and around Entry
Schools across Entry average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Franklin Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Pendleton County Middle/high SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Entry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Entry 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 Entry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Entry
Is Entry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Entry ranks 35,224th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, low property taxes, and heat safety, and lowest on biking and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Entry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $213,610. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $54,113 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Entry safe?
Entry is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $352 per resident a year.
Compare Entry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Entry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Entry 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.
Entry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Entry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Entry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Entry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Entry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Entry 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.