Best PlacesTwilight, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Twilight, 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.
Twilight ranks 49,017th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Twilight
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.
Twilight's strengths and weaknesses
Where Twilight ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 70% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 69% of towns
Where Twilight ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Household income$40,883 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Twilight
A household needs to earn about $14,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Twilight home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,883, 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 Twilight's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Twilight
Twilight 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 Twilight.
Who works in Twilight, and how
Work in Twilight centers on education 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 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Twilight
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Twilight.
What the weather is like in Twilight, month by month
Twilight sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Twilight
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 158 miles away.
The best schools in and around Twilight
Schools across Twilight average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marsh Fork ElementaryC− · 25% proficient
- Road Branch Elementary & Middle SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Van ElementaryD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sherman Junior High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Van Junior Senior High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Twilight school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Twilight 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 Twilight against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Twilight
Is Twilight a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Twilight ranks 49,017th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Twilight expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $56,918. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $40,883 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Twilight safe?
Twilight is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $414 per resident a year.
Compare Twilight with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Twilight. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Twilight 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.
Twilight detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Twilight: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Twilight: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Twilight: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Twilight: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Twilight 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.