Best PlacesGreat Cacapon, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Great Cacapon, 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.
Great Cacapon ranks 38,617th 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 Great Cacapon
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.
Great Cacapon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Great Cacapon ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 68% of towns
Where Great Cacapon ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute38.9 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Great Cacapon
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Great Cacapon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,917, 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 Great Cacapon's effective rate of 0.25%, 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 Great Cacapon
Great Cacapon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Great Cacapon.
Who works in Great Cacapon, and how
Work in Great Cacapon centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Great Cacapon
Great Cacapon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Great Cacapon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Great Cacapon, month by month
Great Cacapon sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Great Cacapon
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Great Cacapon
Schools across Great Cacapon average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Paw Paw Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Slanesville Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Warm Springs Intermediate SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Capon Bridge Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
- Warm Springs Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Berkeley Springs High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Hampshire Senior High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Paw Paw High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Great Cacapon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Great Cacapon 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 Great Cacapon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Great Cacapon
Is Great Cacapon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Great Cacapon ranks 38,617th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, fast internet, and tree cover, and lowest on health outcomes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Great Cacapon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,962. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $64,917 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Great Cacapon safe?
Yes, Great Cacapon is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
Compare Great Cacapon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Great Cacapon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Great Cacapon 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.
Great Cacapon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Great Cacapon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Great Cacapon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Great Cacapon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Great Cacapon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Great Cacapon 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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