Best PlacesRound Bottom, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Round Bottom, 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.
Round Bottom ranks 40,455th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Round Bottom
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.
Round Bottom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Round Bottom ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 73% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 72% of towns
Where Round Bottom ranks low
- Short commute45.9 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Round Bottom
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Round Bottom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,911, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Round Bottom's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Round Bottom
Round Bottom 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 Round Bottom.
Who works in Round Bottom, and how
Work in Round Bottom centers on mining & oil & gas and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Round Bottom
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Round Bottom.
What the weather is like in Round Bottom, month by month
Round Bottom sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Round Bottom
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Round Bottom
Schools across Round Bottom average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Long Drain SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Mason-dixon ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Hundred High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Round Bottom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Round Bottom 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 Round Bottom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Round Bottom
Is Round Bottom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Round Bottom ranks 40,455th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and quiet, 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 Round Bottom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $303,800. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $64,911 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Round Bottom safe?
Round Bottom is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $386 per resident a year.
Compare Round Bottom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Round Bottom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Round Bottom 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.
Round Bottom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Round Bottom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Round Bottom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Round Bottom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Round Bottom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Round Bottom 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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