Best PlacesReplete, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Replete, 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.
Replete ranks 49,466th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Replete
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.
Replete's strengths and weaknesses
Where Replete ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Replete ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Replete
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Replete home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,578, 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 Replete's effective rate of 0.28%, 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 Replete
Replete 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 Replete.
Who works in Replete, and how
Work in Replete centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Replete
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Replete.
What the weather is like in Replete, month by month
Replete sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Replete
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Replete
Schools across Replete average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Webster Springs Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Hacker Valley Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Flatwoods Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Braxton County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Braxton County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Webster County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Replete school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Replete 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 Replete against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Replete
Is Replete a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Replete ranks 49,466th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on health outcomes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Replete expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $89,925. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $45,578 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Replete safe?
Replete is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $431 per resident a year.
Compare Replete with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Replete. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Replete 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.
Replete detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Replete: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Replete: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Replete: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Replete: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Replete 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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