Best PlacesWoodsfield, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodsfield, 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.
Woodsfield ranks 34,119th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Woodsfield
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.
Woodsfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodsfield ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 71% of towns
Where Woodsfield ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Household income$51,949 median, better than only 15% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodsfield
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodsfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,949, 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 Woodsfield's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 Woodsfield
Woodsfield 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 Woodsfield.
Who works in Woodsfield, and how
Work in Woodsfield centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Woodsfield
Woodsfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Woodsfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woodsfield, month by month
Woodsfield sees roughly 72 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 Woodsfield
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 69 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woodsfield
Schools across Woodsfield average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Skyvue Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- River Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- River High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Shenandoah High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Monroe Central High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodsfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodsfield 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 Woodsfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodsfield
Is Woodsfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodsfield ranks 34,119th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and a stable housing market, and lowest on health outcomes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodsfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $135,834. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $51,949 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Woodsfield safe?
Woodsfield is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $333 per resident a year.
Compare Woodsfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodsfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodsfield 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.
Woodsfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodsfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodsfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodsfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodsfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodsfield 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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