Best PlacesWendel, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wendel, 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.
Wendel ranks 46,940th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Wendel
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.
Wendel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wendel ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 70% of towns
- QuietBetter than 68% of towns
Where Wendel ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
Who lives in Wendel
Wendel runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wendel.
Who works in Wendel, and how
Work in Wendel centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Wendel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wendel.
What the weather is like in Wendel, month by month
Wendel sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Wendel
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wendel
Schools across Wendel average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Flemington Elementary SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Taylor County Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Grafton High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wendel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wendel 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 Wendel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wendel
Is Wendel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wendel ranks 46,940th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, low disaster risk, and a stable housing market, and lowest on a weak job market and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wendel safe?
Wendel is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wendel?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 24. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 24% of towns.
Compare Wendel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wendel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wendel 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.
Wendel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wendel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wendel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wendel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wendel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wendel 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.
- 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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