Best PlacesLillydale, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lillydale, 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.
Lillydale ranks 32,884th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low crime.
The best neighborhoods in Lillydale
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.
Lillydale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lillydale ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 70% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 69% of towns
Where Lillydale ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lillydale
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lillydale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,598, 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 Lillydale's effective rate of 0.66%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lillydale
Lillydale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lillydale.
Who works in Lillydale, and how
Work in Lillydale centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lillydale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lillydale.
What the weather is like in Lillydale, month by month
Lillydale sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lillydale
The nearest airport, Greenbrier Valley, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 154 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lillydale
Schools across Lillydale average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mountain View Elementary & Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- James Monroe High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lillydale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lillydale 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 Lillydale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lillydale
Is Lillydale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lillydale ranks 32,884th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, quiet, and low disaster risk, and lowest on a weak job market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lillydale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,807. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $64,598 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Lillydale safe?
Yes, Lillydale is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $175 per resident a year.
Compare Lillydale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lillydale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lillydale 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.
Lillydale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lillydale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lillydale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lillydale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lillydale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lillydale 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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