Best PlacesStreby, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Streby, 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.
Streby ranks 20,961st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Streby
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.
Streby's strengths and weaknesses
Where Streby ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
Where Streby ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Streby
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Streby home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,594, 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 Streby's effective rate of 0.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Streby
Streby runs older 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 Streby.
Who works in Streby, and how
Work in Streby centers on other services and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Streby
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Streby.
What the weather is like in Streby, month by month
Streby sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Streby
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Streby
Schools across Streby average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Maysville Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Petersburg Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Petersburg High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Streby school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Streby 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 Streby against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Streby
Is Streby a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Streby ranks 20,961st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and quiet, and lowest on cell coverage and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Streby expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $192,500. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $83,594 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Streby safe?
Streby is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
Compare Streby with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Streby. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Streby 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.
Streby detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Streby: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Streby: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Streby: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Streby: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Streby 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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