Best PlacesWindy, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Windy, 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.
Windy ranks 39,290th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Windy
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.
Windy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Windy ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 74% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Windy ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$47,933 median, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Windy
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Windy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,933, 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 Windy's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Windy
Windy runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Windy.
Who works in Windy, and how
Work in Windy centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Windy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Windy.
What the weather is like in Windy, month by month
Windy sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Windy
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 99 miles away.
The best schools in and around Windy
Schools across Windy average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gilmore Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Wirt County Primary CenterC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wirt County Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Wirt County High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Windy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Windy 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 Windy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Windy
Is Windy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Windy ranks 39,290th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low crime, and low property taxes, 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 Windy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,418. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $47,933 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Windy safe?
Yes, Windy is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $186 per resident a year.
Compare Windy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Windy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Windy 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.
Windy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Windy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Windy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Windy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Windy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Windy 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.