Best PlacesPorto Rico, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Porto Rico, 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.
Porto Rico ranks 40,922nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Porto Rico
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.
Porto Rico's strengths and weaknesses
Where Porto Rico ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 76% of towns
Where Porto Rico ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute40.1 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Porto Rico
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Porto Rico home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,497, 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 Porto Rico's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Porto Rico
Porto Rico runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Porto Rico.
Who works in Porto Rico, and how
Work in Porto Rico centers on manufacturing and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Porto Rico
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Porto Rico.
What the weather is like in Porto Rico, month by month
Porto Rico sees roughly 66 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 Porto Rico
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around Porto Rico
Schools across Porto Rico average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Doddridge County Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Doddridge County Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Doddridge County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Porto Rico school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Porto Rico 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 Porto Rico against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Porto Rico
Is Porto Rico a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Porto Rico ranks 40,922nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, quiet, and a stable housing market, and lowest on cell coverage and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Porto Rico expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $158,932. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $58,497 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Porto Rico safe?
Porto Rico is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $333 per resident a year.
Compare Porto Rico with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Porto Rico. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Porto Rico 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.
Porto Rico detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Porto Rico: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Porto Rico: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Porto Rico: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Porto Rico: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Porto Rico 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.