Best PlacesWilsontown, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilsontown, 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.
Wilsontown ranks 40,010th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilsontown
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.
Wilsontown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilsontown ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Wilsontown ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilsontown
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilsontown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,245, 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 Wilsontown's effective rate of 0.30%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wilsontown
Wilsontown 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 Wilsontown.
Who works in Wilsontown, and how
Work in Wilsontown centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wilsontown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilsontown.
What the weather is like in Wilsontown, month by month
Wilsontown sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Wilsontown
The nearest airport, North Central West Virginia, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wilsontown
Schools across Wilsontown average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rock Cave ElementaryD+ · 24% proficient
- Hacker Valley Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- B-u Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Buckhannon Upshur High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilsontown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilsontown 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 Wilsontown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilsontown
Is Wilsontown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilsontown ranks 40,010th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low property taxes, and clean air, and lowest on cell coverage and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilsontown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $157,931. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $51,245 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Wilsontown safe?
Yes, Wilsontown is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Wilsontown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilsontown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilsontown 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.
Wilsontown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilsontown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilsontown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilsontown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilsontown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilsontown 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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