Best PlacesWadestown, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wadestown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wadestown ranks 16,574th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wadestown
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.
Wadestown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wadestown ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$126,201 median, better than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Wadestown ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute45.0 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wadestown
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wadestown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $126,201, 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 Wadestown's effective rate of 0.44%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wadestown
Wadestown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wadestown.
Who works in Wadestown, and how
Work in Wadestown centers on utilities and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wadestown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wadestown.
What the weather is like in Wadestown, month by month
Wadestown sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Wadestown
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wadestown
Schools across Wadestown average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Long Drain SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Mason-dixon ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fairview Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Mannington Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- North Marion High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Clay-battelle High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Hundred High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wadestown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wadestown 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 Wadestown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wadestown
Is Wadestown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wadestown ranks 16,574th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a stable housing market, and high incomes, and lowest on cell coverage and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wadestown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $273,169. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $126,201 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Wadestown safe?
Wadestown is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $310 per resident a year.
Compare Wadestown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wadestown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wadestown 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.
Wadestown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wadestown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wadestown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wadestown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wadestown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wadestown 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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