Best PlacesWarden, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warden, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Warden ranks 20,664th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Warden
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.
Warden's strengths and weaknesses
Where Warden ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Short commute18.8 minutes each way, better than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
Where Warden ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 24% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warden
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,386, 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 Warden's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Warden
Warden runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Warden.
Who works in Warden, and how
Work in Warden centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Warden
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Warden.
What the weather is like in Warden, month by month
Warden 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 Warden
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 176 miles away.
The best schools in and around Warden
Schools across Warden average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stanaford Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Daniels ElementaryC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Shady Spring Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Beckley-stratton Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Shady Spring HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warden 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 Warden against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warden
Is Warden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warden ranks 20,664th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low disaster risk, and short commutes, and lowest on health outcomes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Warden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $98,900. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $66,386 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Warden safe?
Warden is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $358 per resident a year.
Compare Warden with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warden 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.
Warden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warden 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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