Best PlacesExtra, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Extra, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Extra ranks 11,757th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Extra
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.
Extra's strengths and weaknesses
Where Extra ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Extra ranks low
- Short commute42.2 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Extra
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Extra home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,061, 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 Extra's effective rate of 0.49%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Extra
Extra runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Extra.
Who works in Extra, and how
Work in Extra centers on transportation & warehousing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Extra
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Extra.
What the weather is like in Extra, month by month
Extra sees roughly 60 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 Extra
The nearest airport, West Virginia International Yeager, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Extra
Schools across Extra average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hometown ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Confidence ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
- Buffalo Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Winfield Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Winfield High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Buffalo High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Extra school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Extra 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 Extra against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Extra
Is Extra a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Extra ranks 11,757th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, what local pay buys, and few empty homes, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Extra expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,062. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $102,061 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Extra safe?
Yes, Extra is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare Extra with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Extra. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Extra 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.
Extra detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Extra: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Extra: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Extra: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Extra: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Extra 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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