Best PlacesGlen Fork, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Fork, 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.
Glen Fork ranks 45,857th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Glen Fork
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.
Glen Fork's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Fork ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 75% of towns
Where Glen Fork ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$46,122 median, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glen Fork
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen Fork home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,122, 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 Glen Fork's effective rate of 0.28%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glen Fork
Glen Fork 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 Glen Fork.
Who works in Glen Fork, and how
Work in Glen Fork centers on mining & oil & gas and other services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Glen Fork
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glen Fork.
What the weather is like in Glen Fork, month by month
Glen Fork sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Glen Fork
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 174 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glen Fork
Schools across Glen Fork average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Glen Fork Elementary & Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Pineville Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Berlin Mckinney Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pineville Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Oceana Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Wyoming County East High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Westside High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen Fork school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen Fork 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 Glen Fork against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glen Fork
Is Glen Fork a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Fork ranks 45,857th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and fast internet, and lowest on health outcomes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glen Fork expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $113,593. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $46,122 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Glen Fork safe?
Glen Fork is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
Compare Glen Fork with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Fork. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Fork 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.
Glen Fork detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Fork: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Fork: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Fork: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Fork: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Fork 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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