Best PlacesValley Grove, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Valley Grove, 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.
Valley Grove ranks 29,713th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in Valley Grove
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.
Valley Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Valley Grove ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 71% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 71% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 68% of towns
Where Valley Grove ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 23% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 32% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Valley Grove
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Valley Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,859, 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 Valley Grove's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Valley Grove
Valley Grove runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Valley Grove.
Who works in Valley Grove, and how
Work in Valley Grove centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Valley Grove
Valley Grove has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Valley Grove and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Valley Grove, month by month
Valley Grove sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Valley Grove
Pittsburgh International sits about 32 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Valley Grove
Schools across Valley Grove average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Liberty Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Middle Creek Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Warwood SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Triadelphia Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Bridge Street Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Mcguffey MsC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Wheeling Park High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Valley Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Valley Grove 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 Valley Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Valley Grove
Is Valley Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Valley Grove ranks 29,713th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, a stable housing market, and big-city access, and lowest on state infrastructure 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 Valley Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,293. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $66,859 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Valley Grove safe?
Valley Grove is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $287 per resident a year.
Compare Valley Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Valley Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Valley Grove 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.
Valley Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Valley Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Valley Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Valley Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Valley Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Valley Grove 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.