Best PlacesMartinsburg, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Martinsburg, 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.
Martinsburg ranks 1,357th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Martinsburg
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.
The best areas in Martinsburg
The parts of Martinsburg, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Berkeley & Hainesville
Van Clevesville, Baker Heights & Winebrenners Crossroad
Pikeside, Nollville & Arden
Vanville
Berkeley Place & Irish Hill
Rosemont
Scores across Martinsburg run from about the 15th to the 80th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Martinsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Martinsburg ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 82% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 78% of cities
Where Martinsburg ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 9% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 18% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 22% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Martinsburg
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Martinsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,139, 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 Martinsburg's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Martinsburg
Martinsburg's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Martinsburg.
Who works in Martinsburg, and how
Work in Martinsburg centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Martinsburg
Martinsburg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities and more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Martinsburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Martinsburg, month by month
Martinsburg sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Martinsburg
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 45 miles away.
The best schools in and around Martinsburg
Schools across Martinsburg average a C−, better than 18% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Shepherdstown Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Rosemont Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Burke Street Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Shepherdstown Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Hedgesville Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Mountain Ridge Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring Mills High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Musselman High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Hedgesville High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Martinsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Martinsburg 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 Martinsburg against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Martinsburg suits
Families
Schools land around the 18th percentile and crime safety beats 80%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Martinsburg
Is Martinsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Martinsburg ranks 1,357th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low property taxes, low disaster risk, and a strong job market, and lowest on state infrastructure and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Martinsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $259,079. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $77,139 median income, cost of living beats 40% of cities.
Is Martinsburg safe?
Yes, Martinsburg is safer than 80% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $228 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Martinsburg?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 24. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 30% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Martinsburg?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Berkeley & Hainesville, Van Clevesville, Baker Heights & Winebrenners Crossroad, and Pikeside, Nollville & Arden. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Martinsburg with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Martinsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Martinsburg 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.
Martinsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Martinsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Martinsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Martinsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Martinsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Martinsburg 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.