Best PlacesNew Martinsville, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Martinsville, 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.
New Martinsville ranks 22,982nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Martinsville
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.
New Martinsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Martinsville ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute20.0 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 85% of towns
Where New Martinsville ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 17% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Martinsville
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Martinsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,883, 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 New Martinsville's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 New Martinsville
New Martinsville 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 New Martinsville.
Who works in New Martinsville, and how
Work in New Martinsville centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in New Martinsville
New Martinsville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of New Martinsville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Martinsville, month by month
New Martinsville sees roughly 68 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 New Martinsville
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Martinsville
Schools across New Martinsville average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Arthur I Boreman Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- New Martinsville SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Short Line SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tyler Consolidated Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Tyler Consolidated High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Magnolia High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Paden City High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Martinsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Martinsville 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 New Martinsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Martinsville
Is New Martinsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Martinsville ranks 22,982nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, a stable housing market, and short commutes, 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 New Martinsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $132,889. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $66,883 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is New Martinsville safe?
New Martinsville is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $297 per resident a year.
Compare New Martinsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Martinsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Martinsville 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.
New Martinsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Martinsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Martinsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Martinsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Martinsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Martinsville 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.