Best PlacesMallory, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mallory, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mallory ranks 34,473rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mallory
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.
Mallory's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mallory ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 79% of towns
Where Mallory ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mallory
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mallory home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,737, 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 Mallory's effective rate of 0.35%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mallory
Mallory runs younger 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 Mallory.
Who works in Mallory, and how
Work in Mallory centers on health care & social and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mallory
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mallory.
What the weather is like in Mallory, month by month
Mallory sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Mallory
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 167 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mallory
Schools across Mallory average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buffalo Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Man Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Man Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Man Senior High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mallory school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mallory 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 Mallory against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mallory
Is Mallory a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mallory ranks 34,473rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mallory expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $92,000. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $63,737 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Mallory safe?
Mallory is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $270 per resident a year.
Compare Mallory with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mallory. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mallory 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.
Mallory detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mallory: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mallory: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mallory: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mallory: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mallory 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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