Best PlacesWyoming County, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Wyoming County, 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.
Wyoming County ranks 2,862nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wyoming County
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.
Wyoming County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wyoming County ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 97% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of counties
- QuietBetter than 92% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of counties
Where Wyoming County ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Wyoming County
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wyoming County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,399, 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 Wyoming County's effective rate of 0.37%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wyoming County
Wyoming County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wyoming County.
Who works in Wyoming County, and how
Work in Wyoming County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Wyoming County
Wyoming County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Wyoming County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Wyoming County growing, and who is moving in?
Wyoming County has lost about 12% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Winston Salem, NC.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Wyoming County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Wyoming County, month by month
Wyoming County sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Wyoming County
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 170 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wyoming County
Schools across Wyoming County average a D+, better than 11% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Glen Fork Elementary & Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Mullens Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Pineville Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pineville Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Mullens Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
- Oceana Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Wyoming County East High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Westside High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wyoming County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wyoming County 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 Wyoming County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Wyoming County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 5% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Wyoming County
Is Wyoming County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wyoming County ranks 2,862nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wyoming County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $88,404. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $51,399 median income, cost of living beats 16% of counties.
Is Wyoming County safe?
Wyoming County is safer than 54% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $314 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wyoming County?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 27. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 35% of counties.
Is Wyoming County good for families?
Schools beat 11% of counties, crime safety beats 54%, and childcare runs $862 a month.
Compare Wyoming County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wyoming County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wyoming County 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.
Wyoming County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wyoming County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wyoming County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wyoming County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wyoming County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wyoming County 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.