Best PlacesLowney, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lowney, 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.
Lowney ranks 49,295th 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 Lowney
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.
Lowney's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lowney ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
Where Lowney ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$39,066 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lowney
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lowney home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $39,066, 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 Lowney's effective rate of 0.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lowney
Lowney runs older than the country, 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 Lowney.
Who works in Lowney, and how
Work in Lowney centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lowney
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lowney.
What the weather is like in Lowney, month by month
Lowney sees roughly 73 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 Lowney
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 144 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lowney
Schools across Lowney average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harts Pk-8D+ · 25% proficient
- Crum Pre K-8 SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Hugh Dingess Elementary SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wayne Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Wayne High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Lincoln County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Tug Valley High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lowney school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lowney 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 Lowney against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lowney
Is Lowney a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lowney ranks 49,295th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and quiet, 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 Lowney expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $93,802. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $39,066 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Lowney safe?
Lowney is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $398 per resident a year.
Compare Lowney with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lowney. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lowney 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.
Lowney detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lowney: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lowney: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lowney: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lowney: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lowney 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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