Best PlacesHettie, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hettie, 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.
Hettie ranks 49,003rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hettie
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.
Hettie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hettie ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 55% of towns
Where Hettie ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Household income$43,169 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hettie
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hettie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $43,169; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Hettie's effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hettie
Hettie's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Hettie.
Who works in Hettie, and how
Work in Hettie centers on retail trade and admin & support services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Hettie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hettie.
What the weather is like in Hettie, month by month
Hettie sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Hettie
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hettie
Schools across Hettie average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Roanoke Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Burnsville Elementary SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Robert L. Bland Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Braxton County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Braxton County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Lewis County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hettie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hettie 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 Hettie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hettie
Is Hettie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hettie ranks 49,003rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, clean air, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hettie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,673. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $43,169 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Hettie safe?
Hettie is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $334 per resident a year.
Compare Hettie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hettie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hettie 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.
Hettie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hettie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hettie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hettie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hettie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hettie 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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