Best PlacesKermit, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kermit, 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.
Kermit ranks 49,567th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Health outcomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Kermit
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.
Kermit's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kermit ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Kermit ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kermit
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kermit home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,220, 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 Kermit'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, 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 Kermit
Kermit 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 Kermit.
Who works in Kermit, and how
Work in Kermit centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Kermit
Kermit has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Kermit and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kermit, month by month
Kermit sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Kermit
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 147 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kermit
Schools across Kermit average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kermit Pre K8C · 33% proficient
- Dunlow Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Crum Pre K-8 SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Martin County Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Wayne High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Tug Valley High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Tolsia High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kermit school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kermit 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 Kermit against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kermit
Is Kermit a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kermit ranks 49,567th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, walkability, and a stable housing market, 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 Kermit expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $105,081. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $48,220 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Kermit safe?
Kermit is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $485 per resident a year.
Compare Kermit with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kermit. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kermit 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.
Kermit detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kermit: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kermit: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kermit: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kermit: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kermit 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.