Best PlacesSwiss, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Swiss, 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.
Swiss ranks 42,553rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Swiss
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.
Swiss' strengths and weaknesses
Where Swiss ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 76% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 75% of towns
Where Swiss ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Swiss
A household needs to earn about $13,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Swiss home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,955, 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 Swiss' effective rate of 0.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Swiss
Swiss runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Swiss.
Who works in Swiss, and how
Work in Swiss centers on retail trade and utilities. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Swiss
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Swiss.
What the weather is like in Swiss, month by month
Swiss sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Swiss
The nearest airport, West Virginia International Yeager, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 154 miles away.
The best schools in and around Swiss
Schools across Swiss average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ansted ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
- Fayetteville Pk-8D− · 15% proficient
- Valley Pk-8D− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Summersville Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Nicholas County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Midland Trail HighD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Swiss school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Swiss 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 Swiss against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Swiss
Is Swiss a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Swiss ranks 42,553rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and low property taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Swiss expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $52,900. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $72,955 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Swiss safe?
Swiss is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $339 per resident a year.
Compare Swiss with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Swiss. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Swiss 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.
Swiss detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Swiss: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Swiss: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Swiss: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Swiss: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Swiss 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.