Best PlacesSistersville, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sistersville, 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.
Sistersville ranks 32,369th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sistersville
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.
Sistersville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sistersville ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- BikingBetter than 70% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 70% of towns
Where Sistersville ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sistersville
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sistersville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,091, 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 Sistersville's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sistersville
Sistersville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sistersville.
Who works in Sistersville, and how
Work in Sistersville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Sistersville
Sistersville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Sistersville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sistersville, month by month
Sistersville sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 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 | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Sistersville
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sistersville
Schools across Sistersville average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Arthur I Boreman Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Sistersville Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tyler Consolidated Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Tyler Consolidated High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sistersville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sistersville 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 Sistersville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sistersville
Is Sistersville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sistersville ranks 32,369th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, a stable housing market, and low disaster risk, 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 Sistersville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,879. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $58,091 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Sistersville safe?
Sistersville is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
Compare Sistersville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sistersville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sistersville 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.
Sistersville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sistersville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sistersville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sistersville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sistersville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sistersville 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.