Best PlacesSandy Huff, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sandy Huff, 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.
Sandy Huff ranks 49,959th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sandy Huff
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.
Sandy Huff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sandy Huff ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 79% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 70% of towns
Where Sandy Huff ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$28,947 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sandy Huff
A household needs to earn about $16,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sandy Huff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $28,947, 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 Sandy Huff's effective rate of 0.49%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sandy Huff
Sandy Huff 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 Sandy Huff.
Who works in Sandy Huff, and how
Work in Sandy Huff centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sandy Huff
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sandy Huff.
What the weather is like in Sandy Huff, month by month
Sandy Huff sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Sandy Huff
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 164 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sandy Huff
Schools across Sandy Huff average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fall River Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Baileysville Elementary & Middle SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Iaeger Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sandy River Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Westside High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- River View High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sandy Huff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sandy Huff 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 Sandy Huff against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sandy Huff
Is Sandy Huff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sandy Huff ranks 49,959th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on health outcomes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sandy Huff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $65,400. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $28,947 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Sandy Huff safe?
Sandy Huff is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $399 per resident a year.
Compare Sandy Huff with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sandy Huff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sandy Huff 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.
Sandy Huff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sandy Huff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sandy Huff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sandy Huff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sandy Huff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sandy Huff 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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