Best PlacesGlade Farms, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glade Farms, 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.
Glade Farms ranks 36,166th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Glade Farms
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.
Glade Farms' strengths and weaknesses
Where Glade Farms ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 101 pleasant days a year, better than 69% of towns
Where Glade Farms ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute38.5 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glade Farms
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glade Farms home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,540, 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 Glade Farms' effective rate of 0.54%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glade Farms
Glade Farms's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glade Farms.
Who works in Glade Farms, and how
Work in Glade Farms centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Glade Farms
Glade Farms has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Glade Farms and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glade Farms, month by month
Glade Farms sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 57° | 47° | 39° |
| July | 76° | 68° | 62° |
| October | 59° | 50° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Glade Farms
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glade Farms
Schools across Glade Farms average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bruceton SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Preston High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glade Farms school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glade Farms 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 Glade Farms against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glade Farms
Is Glade Farms a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glade Farms ranks 36,166th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and fast internet, and lowest on civic engagement and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glade Farms expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,026. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $70,540 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Glade Farms safe?
Glade Farms is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Glade Farms with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glade Farms. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glade Farms 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.
Glade Farms detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glade Farms: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glade Farms: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glade Farms: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glade Farms: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glade Farms 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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