Best PlacesGlen White, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen White, 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 White ranks 46,494th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a strong job market.
The best neighborhoods in Glen White
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 White's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen White ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 69% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 66% of towns
Where Glen White ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$40,482 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glen White
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen White home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,482, 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 White's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Glen White
Glen White 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 Glen White.
Who works in Glen White, and how
Work in Glen White centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Glen White
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glen White.
What the weather is like in Glen White, month by month
Glen White sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Glen White
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 9 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 White
Schools across Glen White average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ridgeview ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Fairdale Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Independence Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Trap Hill Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Independence High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen White school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen White 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 White against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glen White
Is Glen White a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen White ranks 46,494th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, low property taxes, and heat safety, and lowest on education levels and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glen White expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $140,562. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $40,482 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Glen White safe?
Glen White is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $449 per resident a year.
Compare Glen White with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen White. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen White 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 White detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen White: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen White: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen White: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen White: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen White 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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