Best PlacesLeevale, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leevale, 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.
Leevale ranks 48,945th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Leevale
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.
Leevale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leevale ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 66% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 65% of towns
Where Leevale ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Household income$41,855 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leevale
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leevale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,855, 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 Leevale's effective rate of 0.30%, 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 Leevale
Leevale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Leevale.
Who works in Leevale, and how
Work in Leevale centers on health care & social and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Leevale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Leevale.
What the weather is like in Leevale, month by month
Leevale sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Leevale
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 159 miles away.
The best schools in and around Leevale
Schools across Leevale average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clear Fork District ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Trap Hill Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leevale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leevale 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 Leevale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leevale
Is Leevale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leevale ranks 48,945th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leevale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $91,900. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $41,855 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Leevale safe?
Leevale is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $415 per resident a year.
Compare Leevale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leevale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leevale 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.
Leevale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leevale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leevale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leevale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leevale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leevale 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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