Best PlacesWeirton, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Weirton metro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Weirton ranks 276th of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on health outcomes and low incomes. It does better on a stable housing market, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in the Weirton metro
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.
The best areas in Weirton
The towns and districts of the Weirton metro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood in each, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the metro.
Wintersville & Bloomingdale
More residents vote, incomes run higher, and local pay stretches further.
Steubenville
Schools score higher, though tree cover is thinner.
Richmond
It is quieter, though biking is worse.
Downtown Weirton
Fewer homes sit empty and advertised internet is faster.
Wellsburg & Follansbee
Prices have run up less.
Toronto
Scores close to Wellsburg & Follansbee, except that commutes are shorter here.
Chester & New Cumberland
Fewer adults hold degrees.
Rayland & Dillonvale
Scores close to Chester & New Cumberland, except that crime runs higher here.
Mingo Junction
Disaster risk is higher.
Scores across Weirton run from about the 8th to the 90th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Weirton's strengths and weaknesses
Weirton lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. A stable housing market, cheap car insurance, and tree cover carry most of that.
The one real hole is health outcomes, near the bottom of the country. Low incomes and state infrastructure also cost it ground. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where Weirton ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of metro areas
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of metro areas
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of metro areas
- School gradeB, better than 77% of metro areas
- QuietBetter than 76% of metro areas
Where Weirton ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of metro areas
- Household income$60,774 median, better than only 3% of metro areas
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of metro areas
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of metro areas
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Weirton
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Weirton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,774, 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 Weirton's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Weirton
Weirton 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 Weirton.
Who works in Weirton, and how
Work in Weirton centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Weirton
Weirton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of metro areas and less late-night activity than most metro areas. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Weirton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Weirton growing, and who is moving in?
Weirton has lost about 7% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Pittsburgh, PA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Weirton go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Weirton, month by month
Weirton sees roughly 73 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 Weirton
Pittsburgh International sits about 18 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 Weirton
Schools across Weirton average a B, better than 77% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- East Garfield Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Toronto Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- New Manchester Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harding Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Oak Glen Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Weir Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Steubenville High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Toronto Jr. / Sr. High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Weir High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Weirton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Weirton 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 Weirton against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Weirton suits
Common questions about living in Weirton
Is Weirton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Weirton ranks 276th of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on a stable housing market, cheap car insurance, and tree cover, and lowest on health outcomes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Weirton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,650. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $60,774 median income, cost of living beats 9% of metro areas.
Is Weirton safe?
Weirton is safer than 50% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $318 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Weirton?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 23. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 29% of metro areas.
What are the best neighborhoods in Weirton?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Wintersville & Bloomingdale, Steubenville, and Richmond. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Weirton good for families?
Schools beat 77% of metro areas, crime safety beats 50%, and childcare runs $1,050 a month.
Is Weirton good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 9% of metro areas, though advertised internet speeds beat only 34% of metro areas. About 9% of workers already work from home.
Compare Weirton with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Weirton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Weirton 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.
Weirton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Weirton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Weirton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Weirton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Weirton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Weirton 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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