Best PlacesLaneville, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Laneville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Laneville ranks 34,332nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Laneville
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.
Laneville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Laneville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
Where Laneville ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Laneville
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Laneville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,887, 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 Laneville's effective rate of 0.36%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Laneville
Laneville 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 Laneville.
Who works in Laneville, and how
Work in Laneville centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Laneville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Laneville.
What the weather is like in Laneville, month by month
Laneville sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 76° | 66° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Laneville
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Laneville
Schools across Laneville average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Petersburg Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Davis Thomas Elementary Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- North Fork Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Petersburg High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Pendleton County Middle/high SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Elkins High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Laneville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Laneville 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 Laneville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Laneville
Is Laneville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Laneville ranks 34,332nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, heat safety, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Laneville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $213,065. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $63,887 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Laneville safe?
Laneville is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $318 per resident a year.
Compare Laneville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Laneville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Laneville 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.
Laneville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Laneville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Laneville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Laneville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Laneville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Laneville 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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