Best PlacesYawkey, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yawkey, 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.
Yawkey ranks 43,641st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yawkey
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.
Yawkey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yawkey ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 71% of towns
Where Yawkey ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yawkey
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yawkey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,198, 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 Yawkey's effective rate of 0.30%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Yawkey
Yawkey runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Yawkey.
Who works in Yawkey, and how
Work in Yawkey centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Yawkey
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yawkey.
What the weather is like in Yawkey, month by month
Yawkey sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Yawkey
The nearest airport, West Virginia International Yeager, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 132 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yawkey
Schools across Yawkey average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Duval Pk-8D · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yawkey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yawkey 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 Yawkey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yawkey
Is Yawkey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yawkey ranks 43,641st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and a stable housing market, and lowest on health outcomes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yawkey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,577. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $51,198 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Yawkey safe?
Yawkey is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $273 per resident a year.
Compare Yawkey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yawkey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yawkey 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.
Yawkey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yawkey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yawkey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yawkey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yawkey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yawkey 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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