Best PlacesTeter, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Teter, 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.
Teter ranks 43,170th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Teter
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.
Teter's strengths and weaknesses
Where Teter ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 75% of towns
Where Teter ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$32,510 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Teter
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Teter home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $32,510; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Teter's effective rate of 0.29%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Teter
Teter's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Teter.
Who works in Teter, and how
Work in Teter centers on mining & oil & gas and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Teter
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Teter.
What the weather is like in Teter, month by month
Teter sees roughly 70 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 Teter
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Teter
Schools across Teter average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Philippi Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Philippi Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Philip Barbour High School ComplexC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Teter school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Teter 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 Teter against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Teter
Is Teter a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Teter ranks 43,170th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and low disaster risk, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Teter expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $136,500. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $32,510 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Teter safe?
Teter is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
Compare Teter with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Teter. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Teter 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.
Teter detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Teter: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Teter: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Teter: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Teter: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Teter 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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