Best PlacesRed Spring, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Red Spring, 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.
Red Spring ranks 49,819th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Red Spring
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.
Red Spring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Red Spring ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 74% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 72% of towns
Where Red Spring ranks low
- Short commute59.7 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Red Spring
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Red Spring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $39,656, 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 Red Spring's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Red Spring
Red Spring runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Red Spring.
Who works in Red Spring, and how
Work in Red Spring centers on retail trade and admin & support services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Red Spring
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Red Spring.
What the weather is like in Red Spring, month by month
Red Spring 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 Red Spring
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 181 miles away.
The best schools in and around Red Spring
Schools across Red Spring average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Meadow Bridge ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Meadow Bridge HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Red Spring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Red Spring 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 Red Spring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Red Spring
Is Red Spring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Red Spring ranks 49,819th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, quiet, and heat safety, and lowest on long commutes and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Red Spring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $102,800. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $39,656 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Red Spring safe?
Red Spring is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $308 per resident a year.
Compare Red Spring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Red Spring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Red Spring 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.
Red Spring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Red Spring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Red Spring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Red Spring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Red Spring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Red Spring 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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