Best PlacesPax, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pax, 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.
Pax ranks 48,657th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Pax
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.
Pax's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pax ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 71% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 67% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 66% of towns
Where Pax ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$40,831 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pax
A household needs to earn about $16,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pax home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,831, 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 Pax's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pax
Pax's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Pax.
Who works in Pax, and how
Work in Pax centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Pax
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pax.
What the weather is like in Pax, month by month
Pax sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Pax
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 169 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pax
Schools across Pax average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bradley Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Clear Fork District ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Trap Hill Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Oak Hill Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Oak Hill HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Liberty High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pax school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pax 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 Pax against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pax
Is Pax a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pax ranks 48,657th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on education levels and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pax expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $63,707. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $40,831 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Pax safe?
Pax is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $406 per resident a year.
Compare Pax with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pax. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pax 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.
Pax detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pax: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pax: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pax: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pax: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pax 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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