Best PlacesFort Ashby, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Ashby, 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.
Fort Ashby ranks 21,230th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Ashby
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.
Fort Ashby's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Ashby ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 79% of towns
Where Fort Ashby ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 23% of towns
- Household income$58,345 median, better than only 24% of towns
- School gradeC, better than only 39% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Ashby
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Ashby home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,345, 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 Fort Ashby's effective rate of 0.36%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fort Ashby
Fort Ashby 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 Fort Ashby.
Who works in Fort Ashby, and how
Work in Fort Ashby centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Fort Ashby
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Ashby.
What the weather is like in Fort Ashby, month by month
Fort Ashby sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Fort Ashby
The nearest airport, John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Ashby
Schools across Fort Ashby average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Springfield-green Spring Elementary SchB+ · 52% proficient
- Frankfort Intermediate SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Frankfort Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Romney Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Frankfort High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Hampshire Senior High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Ashby school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Ashby 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 Fort Ashby against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Ashby
Is Fort Ashby a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Ashby ranks 21,230th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, civic engagement, and low property taxes, and lowest on state infrastructure and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Ashby expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $214,097. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $58,345 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Fort Ashby safe?
Yes, Fort Ashby is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Ashby with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Ashby. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Ashby 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.
Fort Ashby detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Ashby: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Ashby: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Ashby: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Ashby: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Ashby 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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