Best PlacesFrank, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Frank, 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.
Frank ranks 43,554th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Frank
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.
Frank's strengths and weaknesses
Where Frank ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
Where Frank ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Household income$41,404 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Frank
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Frank home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,404, 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 Frank's effective rate of 0.39%, 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 Frank
Frank runs older 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 Frank.
Who works in Frank, and how
Work in Frank centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Frank
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Frank.
What the weather is like in Frank, month by month
Frank sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 31° | 20° |
| April | 68° | 52° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 70° | 54° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Frank
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 129 miles away.
The best schools in and around Frank
Schools across Frank average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- George Ward Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Green Bank Elementary-middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marlinton Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Pocahontas County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Tygarts Valley Middle/high SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Frank school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Frank 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 Frank against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Frank
Is Frank a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Frank ranks 43,554th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low disaster risk, and a stable housing market, and lowest on cell coverage and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Frank expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $105,874. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $41,404 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Frank safe?
Frank is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $280 per resident a year.
Compare Frank with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Frank. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Frank 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.
Frank detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Frank: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Frank: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Frank: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Frank: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Frank 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.