Best PlacesWeaver, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Weaver, 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.
Weaver ranks 30,474th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Weaver
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.
Weaver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Weaver ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Weaver ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Household income$52,437 median, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Weaver
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Weaver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,437, 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 Weaver's effective rate of 0.30%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Weaver
Weaver's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Weaver.
Who works in Weaver, and how
Work in Weaver 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 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Weaver
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Weaver.
What the weather is like in Weaver, month by month
Weaver sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 31° | 20° |
| April | 68° | 52° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 70° | 54° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Weaver
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Weaver
Schools across Weaver average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Junior ElementaryB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Belington Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Elkins Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Elkins High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Weaver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Weaver 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 Weaver against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Weaver
Is Weaver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Weaver ranks 30,474th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, a strong job market, and low disaster risk, and lowest on civic engagement and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Weaver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $121,601. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $52,437 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Weaver safe?
Yes, Weaver is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $218 per resident a year.
Compare Weaver with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Weaver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Weaver 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.
Weaver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Weaver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Weaver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Weaver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Weaver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Weaver 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.