Best PlacesTucker County, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Tucker County, 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.
Tucker County ranks 1,649th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tucker County
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.
Tucker County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tucker County ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of counties
- QuietBetter than 94% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of counties
Where Tucker County ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of counties
- Household income$56,585 median, better than only 19% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Tucker County
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tucker County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,585, 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 Tucker County's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tucker County
Tucker County runs older than the country, 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 Tucker County.
Who works in Tucker County, and how
Work in Tucker County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Tucker County
Tucker County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of counties and more parkland per resident than 79% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tucker County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Tucker County growing, and who is moving in?
Tucker County has lost about 7% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Morgantown, WV.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Tucker County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Tucker County, month by month
Tucker County sees roughly 111 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 76° | 66° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Tucker County
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tucker County
Schools across Tucker County average a C−, better than 24% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Davis Thomas Elementary Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Tucker Valley Elementary Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Tucker County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tucker County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tucker County 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 Tucker County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Tucker County
Is Tucker County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tucker County ranks 1,649th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, heat safety, and tree cover, and lowest on state infrastructure and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tucker County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,901. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $56,585 median income, cost of living beats 20% of counties.
Is Tucker County safe?
Yes, Tucker County is safer than 88% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $217 per resident a year.
Compare Tucker County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tucker County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tucker County 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.
Tucker County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tucker County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tucker County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tucker County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tucker County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tucker County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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.