Best PlacesLenore, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lenore, 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.
Lenore ranks 49,096th 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 Lenore
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.
Lenore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lenore ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 77% of towns
- Short commute26.2 minutes each way, better than 56% of towns
Where Lenore ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lenore
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lenore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,512, 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 Lenore's effective rate of 0.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lenore
Lenore'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 Lenore.
Who works in Lenore, and how
Work in Lenore centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Lenore
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lenore.
What the weather is like in Lenore, month by month
Lenore sees roughly 74 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 Lenore
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lenore
Schools across Lenore average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kermit Pre K8C · 33% proficient
- Lenore Pk8 SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
- Dingess Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Tug Valley High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lenore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lenore 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 Lenore against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lenore
Is Lenore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lenore ranks 49,096th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lenore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $117,474. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $48,512 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Lenore safe?
Lenore is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $341 per resident a year.
Compare Lenore with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lenore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lenore 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.
Lenore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lenore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lenore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lenore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lenore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lenore 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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