Best PlacesHartmansville, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hartmansville, 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.
Hartmansville ranks 39,879th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Hartmansville
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.
Hartmansville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hartmansville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 73% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 72% of towns
Where Hartmansville ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.8 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hartmansville
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hartmansville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,267, 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 Hartmansville's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hartmansville
Hartmansville runs older 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 Hartmansville.
Who works in Hartmansville, and how
Work in Hartmansville centers on mining & oil & gas and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Hartmansville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hartmansville.
What the weather is like in Hartmansville, month by month
Hartmansville sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 57° | 47° | 39° |
| July | 76° | 68° | 62° |
| October | 59° | 50° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Hartmansville
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hartmansville
Schools across Hartmansville average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elk Garden SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Keyser Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Keyser High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hartmansville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hartmansville 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 Hartmansville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hartmansville
Is Hartmansville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hartmansville ranks 39,879th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, quiet, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hartmansville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $105,812. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $66,267 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Hartmansville safe?
Hartmansville is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
Compare Hartmansville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hartmansville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hartmansville 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.
Hartmansville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hartmansville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hartmansville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hartmansville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hartmansville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hartmansville 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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