Best PlacesFletcher, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fletcher, 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.
Fletcher ranks 42,515th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Health outcomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Fletcher
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.
Fletcher's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fletcher ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 68% of towns
Where Fletcher ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fletcher
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fletcher home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,241, 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 Fletcher's effective rate of 0.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fletcher
Fletcher runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fletcher.
Who works in Fletcher, and how
Work in Fletcher centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Fletcher
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fletcher.
What the weather is like in Fletcher, month by month
Fletcher 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 Fletcher
The nearest airport, West Virginia International Yeager, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fletcher
Schools across Fletcher average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kenna Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Walton Elementary/middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Roane County HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Ripley High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Sissonville High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fletcher school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fletcher 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 Fletcher against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fletcher
Is Fletcher a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fletcher ranks 42,515th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low disaster risk, and fast internet, and lowest on health outcomes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fletcher expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $116,512. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $58,241 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Fletcher safe?
Yes, Fletcher is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $238 per resident a year.
Compare Fletcher with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fletcher. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fletcher 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.
Fletcher detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fletcher: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fletcher: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fletcher: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fletcher: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fletcher 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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