Best PlacesFrost, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Frost, 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.
Frost ranks 44,359th 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 Frost
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.
Frost's strengths and weaknesses
Where Frost ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute20.4 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
Where Frost ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Frost
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Frost home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $43,818; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Frost's effective rate of 0.30%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Frost
Frost runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Frost.
Who works in Frost, and how
Work in Frost centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Frost
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Frost.
What the weather is like in Frost, month by month
Frost sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 79° | 70° | 64° |
| October | 63° | 53° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Frost
The nearest airport, Greenbrier Valley, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Frost
Schools across Frost average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marlinton Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marlinton Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Pocahontas County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Frost school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Frost 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 Frost against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Frost
Is Frost a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Frost ranks 44,359th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Frost expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $184,109. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $43,818 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Frost safe?
Frost is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $315 per resident a year.
Compare Frost with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Frost. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Frost 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.
Frost detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Frost: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Frost: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Frost: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Frost: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Frost 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.