Best PlacesGrimms Landing, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grimms Landing, 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.
Grimms Landing ranks 43,663rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Grimms Landing
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.
Grimms Landing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grimms Landing ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 62% of towns
- QuietBetter than 60% of towns
Where Grimms Landing ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$41,111 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grimms Landing
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grimms Landing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,111, 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 Grimms Landing's effective rate of 0.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Grimms Landing
Grimms Landing 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 Grimms Landing.
Who works in Grimms Landing, and how
Work in Grimms Landing centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Grimms Landing
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grimms Landing.
What the weather is like in Grimms Landing, month by month
Grimms Landing sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Grimms Landing
The nearest airport, West Virginia International Yeager, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grimms Landing
Schools across Grimms Landing average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beale Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- George Washington Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Point Pleasant Junior/senior High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Hannan Junior/senior High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grimms Landing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grimms Landing 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 Grimms Landing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grimms Landing
Is Grimms Landing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grimms Landing ranks 43,663rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low disaster risk, and low property taxes, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grimms Landing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $83,300. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $41,111 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Grimms Landing safe?
Yes, Grimms Landing is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $154 per resident a year.
Compare Grimms Landing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grimms Landing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grimms Landing 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.
Grimms Landing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grimms Landing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grimms Landing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grimms Landing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grimms Landing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grimms Landing 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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