Best PlacesSinks Grove, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sinks Grove, 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.
Sinks Grove ranks 42,762nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Health outcomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Sinks Grove
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.
Sinks Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sinks Grove ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 70% of towns
Where Sinks Grove ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$41,495 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute36.1 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sinks Grove
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sinks Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,495, 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 Sinks Grove'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sinks Grove
Sinks Grove runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sinks Grove.
Who works in Sinks Grove, and how
Work in Sinks Grove centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sinks Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sinks Grove.
What the weather is like in Sinks Grove, month by month
Sinks Grove sees roughly 80 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 Sinks Grove
The nearest airport, Greenbrier Valley, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 156 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sinks Grove
Schools across Sinks Grove average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mountain View Elementary & Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Alderson ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
- Ronceverte ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eastern Greenbrier Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Greenbrier East High SchoolC · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sinks Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sinks Grove 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 Sinks Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sinks Grove
Is Sinks Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sinks Grove ranks 42,762nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, quiet, and heat safety, and lowest on health outcomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sinks Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,525. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $41,495 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Sinks Grove safe?
Yes, Sinks Grove is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $240 per resident a year.
Compare Sinks Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sinks Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sinks Grove 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.
Sinks Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sinks Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sinks Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sinks Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sinks Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sinks Grove 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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