Best PlacesLoom, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Loom, 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.
Loom ranks 33,061st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Loom
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.
Loom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Loom ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where Loom ranks low
- Short commute42.2 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Loom
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Loom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,398, 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 Loom's effective rate of 0.35%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Loom
Loom runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Loom.
Who works in Loom, and how
Work in Loom centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Loom
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Loom.
What the weather is like in Loom, month by month
Loom sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Loom
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Loom
Schools across Loom average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Slanesville Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Augusta Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Capon Bridge Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Capon Bridge Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Hampshire Senior High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Loom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Loom 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 Loom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Loom
Is Loom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Loom ranks 33,061st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, fast internet, and quiet, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Loom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,659. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $72,398 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Loom safe?
Yes, Loom is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
Compare Loom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Loom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Loom 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.
Loom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Loom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Loom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Loom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Loom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Loom 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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