Best PlacesMaidsville, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maidsville, 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.
Maidsville ranks 22,760th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Maidsville
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.
Maidsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maidsville ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Maidsville ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Short commute32.5 minutes each way, better than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maidsville
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maidsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,778, 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 Maidsville's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Maidsville
Maidsville runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maidsville.
Who works in Maidsville, and how
Work in Maidsville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Maidsville
Maidsville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Maidsville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Maidsville, month by month
Maidsville sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Maidsville
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Maidsville
Schools across Maidsville average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mylan Park Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Mason-dixon ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Suncrest Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Fairview Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Westwood Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- University High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Clay-battelle High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maidsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maidsville 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 Maidsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maidsville
Is Maidsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maidsville ranks 22,760th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, transit, and an educated workforce, and lowest on state infrastructure 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 Maidsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,809. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $68,778 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Maidsville safe?
Yes, Maidsville is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $219 per resident a year.
Compare Maidsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maidsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maidsville 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.
Maidsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maidsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maidsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maidsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maidsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maidsville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.