Best PlacesRomney, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Romney, 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.
Romney ranks 36,312th 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 Romney
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.
Romney's strengths and weaknesses
Where Romney ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Romney ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 18% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 19% of towns
- Household income$55,984 median, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Romney
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Romney home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,984, 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 Romney's effective rate of 0.38%, 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 Romney
Romney runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Romney.
Who works in Romney, and how
Work in Romney centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Romney
Romney has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Romney and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Romney, month by month
Romney sees roughly 84 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 Romney
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 60 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 74 miles away.
The best schools in and around Romney
Schools across Romney average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Slanesville Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Burlington PrimaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Romney Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Romney Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Keyser Middle SchoolD · 22% 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 Romney school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Romney 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 Romney against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Romney
Is Romney a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Romney ranks 36,312th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, walkability, and low property taxes, and lowest on state infrastructure and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Romney expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,550. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $55,984 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Romney safe?
Romney is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $352 per resident a year.
Compare Romney with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Romney. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Romney 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.
Romney detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Romney: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Romney: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Romney: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Romney: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Romney 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.