Best PlacesMingo County, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Mingo County, 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.
Mingo County ranks 3,088th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mingo County
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.
Mingo County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mingo County ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 98% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 70% of counties
Where Mingo County ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of counties
- Household income$39,871 median, better than only 1% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 2% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Mingo County
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mingo County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $39,871, 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 Mingo County's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mingo County
Mingo County 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 Mingo County.
Who works in Mingo County, and how
Work in Mingo County centers on health care & social and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mingo County
Mingo County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Mingo County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Mingo County growing, and who is moving in?
Mingo County has lost about 16% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Morristown, TN.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Mingo County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Mingo County, month by month
Mingo County sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Mingo County
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 163 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mingo County
Schools across Mingo County average a D+, better than 12% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Kermit Pre K8C · 33% proficient
- Williamson Pk8C− · 29% proficient
- Matewan Pk8C− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bristol Tennessee Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Chapmanville Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Logan Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Tug Valley High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Mingo Central Comprehensive High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mingo County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mingo County 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 Mingo County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Mingo County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Mingo County
Is Mingo County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mingo County ranks 3,088th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mingo County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $87,881. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $39,871 median income, cost of living beats 2% of counties.
Is Mingo County safe?
Mingo County is safer than 44% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $329 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mingo County?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 46 with lows near 27. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 35% of counties.
Is Mingo County good for families?
Schools beat 12% of counties, crime safety beats 44%, and childcare runs $787 a month.
Compare Mingo County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mingo County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mingo County 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.
Mingo County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mingo County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mingo County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mingo County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mingo County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mingo County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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