Best PlacesSutton, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sutton, 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.
Sutton ranks 45,042nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sutton
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.
Sutton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sutton ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 74% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 70% of towns
Where Sutton ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$48,921 median, better than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sutton
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sutton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,921, 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 Sutton's effective rate of 0.38%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sutton
Sutton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sutton.
Who works in Sutton, and how
Work in Sutton centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sutton
Sutton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Sutton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sutton, month by month
Sutton sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Sutton
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sutton
Schools across Sutton average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frametown Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Davis Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Sutton Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Braxton County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Braxton County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sutton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sutton 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 Sutton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sutton
Is Sutton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sutton ranks 45,042nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, low disaster risk, and walkability, and lowest on health outcomes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sutton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,110. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $48,921 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Sutton safe?
Sutton is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $412 per resident a year.
Compare Sutton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sutton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sutton 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.
Sutton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sutton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sutton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sutton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sutton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sutton 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.