Best PlacesMeighen, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Meighen, 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.
Meighen ranks 39,944th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Cell coverage pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Meighen
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.
Meighen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Meighen ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- QuietBetter than 76% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Meighen ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Meighen
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Meighen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,363, 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 Meighen's effective rate of 0.38%, 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 Meighen
Meighen runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Meighen.
Who works in Meighen, and how
Work in Meighen centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Meighen
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Meighen.
What the weather is like in Meighen, month by month
Meighen sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Meighen
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Meighen
Schools across Meighen average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Washington Lands Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Moundsville Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- John Marshall High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Meighen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Meighen 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 Meighen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Meighen
Is Meighen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Meighen ranks 39,944th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and a stable housing market, and lowest on cell coverage and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Meighen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $188,545. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $65,363 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Meighen safe?
Meighen is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $307 per resident a year.
Compare Meighen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Meighen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Meighen 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.
Meighen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Meighen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Meighen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Meighen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Meighen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Meighen 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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