Best counties in West Virginia

Ranked by composite score — 55 counties

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Rank	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Tucker County	77.9	92.3	87.5	18.3
2	Doddridge County	77.3	89.1	87.7	23.3
3	Calhoun County	76.9	91.1	95.2	10.4
4	Gilmer County	76.6	88	89.5	16.7
5	Pendleton County	76.3	92.8	87.9	23.7
6	Wirt County	76.3	87.3	90.7	19.1
7	Pleasants County	76	85.9	87.1	23.2
8	Grant County	75.8	93	88.3	23.6
9	Tyler County	75.6	86.4	89.2	21.4
10	Clay County	75.5	92.6	91.4	11.3
11	Ritchie County	75	84	92.9	16.2
12	Braxton County	74.9	89.6	92.6	12.4
13	Monroe County	74.8	88.8	87.7	19
14	Mineral County	74.7	89.2	87.1	27.8
15	Hampshire County	74.6	92	85.9	22.8
16	Taylor County	74.6	87.4	87.3	20.5
17	Webster County	74.5	91.3	89.4	10.9
18	Barbour County	74.4	90.3	86.4	15
19	Pocahontas County	74.2	93.4	88.7	10.3
20	Preston County	74	88.9	85.5	23.5
21	Brooke County	73.5	87.1	88.9	17.4
22	Morgan County	73.3	87.8	80.3	25
23	Randolph County	73.3	91.3	86.1	19.3
24	Marshall County	73.2	89.5	84.8	22.8
25	Lewis County	72.9	89	87.5	17.5
26	Roane County	72.8	89.8	91.2	12.9
27	Hancock County	72.7	84.6	85.7	23.2
28	Hardy County	72.7	92	85.1	15.6
29	Jackson County	72.5	86.4	86.8	19.7
30	Nicholas County	72.3	88.7	88.5	15.6
31	Summers County	72.2	93.7	84.7	11.2
32	Upshur County	72.2	90	83.4	17.2
33	Mason County	72.1	87.2	88.4	18.3
34	Wetzel County	71.4	84.1	88.6	18.2
35	Ohio County	70.9	85.8	83.1	21.2
36	Lincoln County	70.4	88.8	89	15.1
37	Putnam County	70.4	86.1	77.2	34.2
38	Mercer County	70.2	88.3	85.9	14.6
39	Harrison County	70	86.8	83.4	21.5
40	Monongalia County	70	88.6	76.5	24.3
41	Jefferson County	69.9	86.7	66.1	45.7
42	Marion County	69.8	85.3	81.4	27.5
43	Wyoming County	69.3	89.9	88.8	14.8
44	Fayette County	69.2	83.6	85.6	17.8
45	Greenbrier County	69.1	89.1	84.3	15.2
46	Wood County	68.9	85	84.3	20.1
47	Raleigh County	68.8	87.8	83.3	17.4
48	Mingo County	68.7	90	91.2	9.2
49	Boone County	68.5	84	86.2	20
50	Wayne County	68.5	89	84.4	19.6
51	Logan County	67	85.9	88.2	14.2
52	Berkeley County	66.8	86.9	67.2	33.9
53	Kanawha County	66.3	83.1	81.9	21.8
54	Cabell County	65.8	84.4	81.1	17.9
55	McDowell County	65.6	86.4	90.7	3