Best PlacesSarton, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sarton, 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.
Sarton ranks 39,111th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Sarton
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.
Sarton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sarton ranks high
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Sarton ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sarton
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sarton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,424, 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 Sarton's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Sarton
Sarton runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sarton.
Who works in Sarton, and how
Work in Sarton centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Sarton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sarton.
What the weather is like in Sarton, month by month
Sarton sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Sarton
The nearest airport, Greenbrier Valley, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 157 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sarton
Schools across Sarton average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mountain View Elementary & Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Talcott Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- James Monroe High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sarton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sarton 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 Sarton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sarton
Is Sarton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sarton ranks 39,111th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low crime, and low disaster risk, and lowest on a weak job market and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sarton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,299. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $57,424 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Sarton safe?
Yes, Sarton is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Sarton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sarton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sarton 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.
Sarton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sarton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sarton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sarton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sarton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sarton 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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