Best PlacesSleepy Creek, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sleepy Creek, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sleepy Creek ranks 21,815th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sleepy Creek
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.
Sleepy Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sleepy Creek ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 76% of towns
Where Sleepy Creek ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute33.6 minutes each way, better than only 18% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 21% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sleepy Creek
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sleepy Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,487, 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 Sleepy Creek's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sleepy Creek
Sleepy Creek 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 Sleepy Creek.
Who works in Sleepy Creek, and how
Work in Sleepy Creek centers on construction and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sleepy Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sleepy Creek.
What the weather is like in Sleepy Creek, month by month
Sleepy Creek sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Sleepy Creek
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sleepy Creek
Schools across Sleepy Creek average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Warm Springs Intermediate SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Warm Springs Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Berkeley Springs High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sleepy Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sleepy Creek 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 Sleepy Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sleepy Creek
Is Sleepy Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sleepy Creek ranks 21,815th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, tree cover, and big-city access, and lowest on state infrastructure and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sleepy Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,401. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $83,487 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Sleepy Creek safe?
Yes, Sleepy Creek is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $213 per resident a year.
Compare Sleepy Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sleepy Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sleepy Creek 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.
Sleepy Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sleepy Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sleepy Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sleepy Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sleepy Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sleepy Creek 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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