Best PlacesOdaville, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Odaville, 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.
Odaville ranks 33,943rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Odaville
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.
Odaville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Odaville ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 71% of towns
Where Odaville ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Odaville
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Odaville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,524, 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 Odaville's effective rate of 0.46%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Odaville
Odaville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Odaville.
Who works in Odaville, and how
Work in Odaville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Odaville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Odaville.
What the weather is like in Odaville, month by month
Odaville sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Odaville
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 99 miles away.
The best schools in and around Odaville
Schools across Odaville average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gilmore Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ravenswood Middle SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Ripley High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Ravenswood High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Odaville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Odaville 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 Odaville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Odaville
Is Odaville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Odaville ranks 33,943rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on state infrastructure and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Odaville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,600. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $64,524 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Odaville safe?
Yes, Odaville is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Odaville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Odaville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Odaville 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.
Odaville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Odaville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Odaville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Odaville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Odaville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Odaville 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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