Best PlacesSweet Springs, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sweet Springs, 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.
Sweet Springs ranks 41,768th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sweet Springs
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.
Sweet Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sweet Springs ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Sweet Springs ranks low
- Short commute49.9 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sweet Springs
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sweet Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,320, 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 Sweet Springs' effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Sweet Springs
Sweet Springs runs younger 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 Sweet Springs.
Who works in Sweet Springs, and how
Work in Sweet Springs centers on agriculture & forestry and other services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sweet Springs
Sweet Springs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Sweet Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sweet Springs, month by month
Sweet Springs sees roughly 78 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 Sweet Springs
The nearest airport, Greenbrier Valley, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 147 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sweet Springs
Schools across Sweet Springs average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mccleary ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Mountain View Elementary & Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- White Sulphur ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eastern Greenbrier Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Craig County HighB+ · 52% proficient
- Greenbrier East High SchoolC · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sweet Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sweet Springs 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 Sweet Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sweet Springs
Is Sweet Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sweet Springs ranks 41,768th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and heat safety, and lowest on long commutes and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sweet Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,236. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $57,320 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Sweet Springs safe?
Yes, Sweet Springs is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare Sweet Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sweet Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sweet Springs 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.
Sweet Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sweet Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sweet Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sweet Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sweet Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sweet Springs 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.