Best PlacesHarts, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harts, 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.
Harts ranks 48,419th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Harts
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.
Harts' strengths and weaknesses
Where Harts ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 84% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 72% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 71% of towns
Where Harts ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute42.6 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Household income$30,053 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harts
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harts home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $30,053, 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 Harts' effective rate of 0.44%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Harts
Harts 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 Harts.
Who works in Harts, and how
Work in Harts centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Harts
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Harts.
What the weather is like in Harts, month by month
Harts sees roughly 66 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° | 44° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Harts
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 142 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harts
Schools across Harts average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harts Pk-8D+ · 25% proficient
- East Lynn Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Hugh Dingess Elementary SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chapmanville Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Wayne Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Wayne High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Chapmanville Regional High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Lincoln County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harts school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harts 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 Harts against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harts
Is Harts a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harts ranks 48,419th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, a stable housing market, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harts expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $104,932. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $30,053 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Harts safe?
Harts is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
Compare Harts with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harts. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harts 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.
Harts detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harts: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harts: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harts: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harts: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harts 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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