Best PlacesGrant Town, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grant Town, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Grant Town ranks 29,376th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Grant Town
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.
Grant Town's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grant Town ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 70% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 67% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 65% of towns
Where Grant Town ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute31.8 minutes each way, better than only 25% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 27% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grant Town
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grant Town home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,236, 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 Grant Town's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Grant Town
Grant Town runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Grant Town.
Who works in Grant Town, and how
Work in Grant Town centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. 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 Grant Town
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grant Town.
What the weather is like in Grant Town, month by month
Grant Town sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Grant Town
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grant Town
Schools across Grant Town average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Barrackville Elementary/middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Rivesville Elementary/middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fairview Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairmont Senior High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- North Marion High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grant Town school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grant Town 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 Grant Town against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grant Town
Is Grant Town a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grant Town ranks 29,376th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low disaster risk, and low property taxes, and lowest on state infrastructure and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grant Town expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $130,630. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $69,236 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Grant Town safe?
Grant Town is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $354 per resident a year.
Compare Grant Town with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grant Town. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grant Town 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.
Grant Town detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grant Town: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grant Town: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grant Town: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grant Town: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grant Town 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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