Best PlacesWardensville, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wardensville, 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.
Wardensville ranks 39,404th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wardensville
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.
Wardensville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wardensville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
Where Wardensville ranks low
- Short commute47.3 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wardensville
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wardensville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $50,348; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Wardensville's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wardensville
Wardensville 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 Wardensville.
Who works in Wardensville, and how
Work in Wardensville centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Wardensville
Wardensville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Wardensville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wardensville, month by month
Wardensville sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Wardensville
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 59 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wardensville
Schools across Wardensville average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Capon Bridge Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- East Hardy Early/middle SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Capon Bridge Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- East Hardy High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Hampshire Senior High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wardensville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wardensville 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 Wardensville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wardensville
Is Wardensville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wardensville ranks 39,404th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low property taxes, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wardensville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,615. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $50,348 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Wardensville safe?
Yes, Wardensville is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $157 per resident a year.
Compare Wardensville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wardensville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wardensville 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.
Wardensville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wardensville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wardensville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wardensville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wardensville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wardensville 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.