A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Friendly$690/mo

Typical home $115K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $497/mo · Housing →

Smithfield$420/mo

Typical home $62K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,300 a year, between Friendly and Smithfield.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

FriendlySmithfield

Snow a year24″23″

January low22°F 21°F

July high84°F 85°F

Growing season (days)185d 176d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)94th 99th

Outdoors & history

FriendlySmithfield

Settled1898 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos3 —

Community

FriendlySmithfield

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

27 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FriendlySmithfield

Friendly ↔ Smithfield27 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs West Virginia average

FriendlySmithfield

People

Population 123Highest 113Lowest

Median age 30.5±17.7Lowest 29% below WV 33.9±14.4Highest 21% below WV

Smithfield and Friendly are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 24.4%±19.8Highest WV: 20% 23%±36.7Lowest WV: 20%

Friendly and Smithfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 16.3%±30.1Lowest WV: 21% 19.5%±25.5Highest WV: 21%

Smithfield and Friendly are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 5.6%Highest WV: 24.1% 3.5%Lowest WV: 24.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±14.9 WV: 5.1% 0%±16.3 WV: 5.1%

Cost of living

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $115,300±$61k 29% below WV —

Rentmedian gross, monthly $497±$308 43% below WV —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,083Highest 25% above WV $230Lowest 73% below WV

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.1%±100Lowest WV: 48.9% 100%±100Highest WV: 48.9%

Smithfield and Friendly are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 28.5%Lowest WV: 16.7% 61.1%Highest WV: 16.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59.2%Highest WV: 74.9% 43.5%Lowest WV: 74.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Highest 6 yrs newer than WV 1943Lowest 33 yrs older than WV

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 min 14% above WV —

Work from home 6.5%±10.2Highest WV: 9.1% 0%±44.8Lowest WV: 9.1%

Friendly and Smithfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 31.3 miHighest 24.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.14Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dunbar (8%)New Martinsville (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SmithfieldFew work in Friendly

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 79.9Highest 26.9Lowest

West Virginia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Friendly vs Smithfield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $270 more a month in Friendly

What daily life feels like in each

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