Best PlacesPleasantdale, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pleasantdale, 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.
Pleasantdale ranks 32,507th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pleasantdale
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.
Pleasantdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pleasantdale ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 75% of towns
Where Pleasantdale ranks low
- Short commute46.6 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pleasantdale
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pleasantdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,167, 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 Pleasantdale's effective rate of 0.39%, 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 Pleasantdale
Pleasantdale 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 Pleasantdale.
Who works in Pleasantdale, and how
Work in Pleasantdale centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Pleasantdale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pleasantdale.
What the weather is like in Pleasantdale, month by month
Pleasantdale sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Pleasantdale
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pleasantdale
Schools across Pleasantdale average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Slanesville Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Augusta Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Capon Bridge Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Romney Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Capon Bridge Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Hampshire Senior High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pleasantdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pleasantdale 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 Pleasantdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pleasantdale
Is Pleasantdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pleasantdale ranks 32,507th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, a strong job market, and low property taxes, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pleasantdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,268. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $71,167 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Pleasantdale safe?
Pleasantdale is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $279 per resident a year.
Compare Pleasantdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pleasantdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pleasantdale 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.
Pleasantdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pleasantdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pleasantdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pleasantdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pleasantdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pleasantdale 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.