Best PlacesUry, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ury, 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.
Ury ranks 45,648th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ury
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.
Ury's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ury ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Short commute23.8 minutes each way, better than 70% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 66% of towns
Where Ury ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ury
A household needs to earn about $3,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ury home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,836, 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 Ury's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Ury
Ury'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 Ury.
Who works in Ury, and how
Work in Ury centers on other services and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Ury
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ury.
What the weather is like in Ury, month by month
Ury sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Ury
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 169 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ury
Schools across Ury average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mullens Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Coal City ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Independence Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Mullens Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Wyoming County East High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Independence High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ury school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ury 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 Ury against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ury
Is Ury a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ury ranks 45,648th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ury expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $9,999. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $51,836 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Ury safe?
Ury is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $465 per resident a year.
Compare Ury with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ury. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ury 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.
Ury detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ury: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ury: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ury: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ury: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ury 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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