Best PlacesMcGuire Park, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around McGuire Park, 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.
McGuire Park ranks 32,656th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in McGuire Park
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.
McGuire Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where McGuire Park ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
Where McGuire Park ranks low
- Short commute47.3 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in McGuire Park
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median McGuire Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,500, 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 McGuire Park's effective rate of 0.35%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in McGuire Park
McGuire Park runs older than the country, 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 McGuire Park.
Who works in McGuire Park, and how
Work in McGuire Park centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in McGuire Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across McGuire Park.
What the weather is like in McGuire Park, month by month
McGuire Park sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of McGuire Park
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 103 miles away.
The best schools in and around McGuire Park
Schools across McGuire Park average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Peterson-central Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Robert L. Bland Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Lewis County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every McGuire Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
McGuire Park 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 McGuire Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in McGuire Park
Is McGuire Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, McGuire Park ranks 32,656th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, a stable housing market, and cell coverage, 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 McGuire Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $206,400. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $65,500 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is McGuire Park safe?
Yes, McGuire Park is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $250 per resident a year.
Compare McGuire Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to McGuire Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in McGuire Park 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.
McGuire Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for McGuire Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in McGuire Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of McGuire Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in McGuire Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
McGuire Park 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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