Best PlacesPine Bluff, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine Bluff, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pine Bluff ranks 21,774th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pine Bluff
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.
Pine Bluff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine Bluff ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
Where Pine Bluff ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 18% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pine Bluff
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine Bluff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,464, 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 Pine Bluff's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff 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 Pine Bluff.
Who works in Pine Bluff, and how
Work in Pine Bluff centers on manufacturing and utilities. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Pine Bluff
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pine Bluff.
What the weather is like in Pine Bluff, month by month
Pine Bluff sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Pine Bluff
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 74 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pine Bluff
Schools across Pine Bluff average a C−, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monongah Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Big Elm Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monongah Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Lincoln Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- North Marion High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Lincoln High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine Bluff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine Bluff 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 Pine Bluff against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pine Bluff
Is Pine Bluff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine Bluff ranks 21,774th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low disaster risk, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pine Bluff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $205,309. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $78,464 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Pine Bluff safe?
Pine Bluff is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $270 per resident a year.
Compare Pine Bluff with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine Bluff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine Bluff 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.
Pine Bluff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine Bluff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine Bluff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine Bluff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine Bluff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine Bluff 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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