Best Places22560, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 22560, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
22560 ranks 28,820th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in 22560
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.
22560's strengths and weaknesses
Where 22560 ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 84% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 76% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than 75% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than 73% of zip codes
Where 22560 ranks low
- Short commute37.1 minutes each way, better than only 7% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 22560
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 22560 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $59,199; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 22560's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 22560
22560 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 22560.
Who works in 22560, and how
Work in 22560 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in 22560
22560 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of zip codes. The coast is about 17 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of 22560 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 22560, month by month
22560 sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of 22560
Richmond International sits about 36 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.5 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 22560
Schools across 22560 average a C+, better than 46% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Tappahannock ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Lawson-marriott ElementaryC · 32% proficient
- Bowling Green ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caroline MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- James H. Cary IntermediateC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Caroline HighA− · 60% proficient
- Central HighB+ · 52% proficient
- Essex HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 22560 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
22560 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 22560 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 22560
Is 22560 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 22560 ranks 28,820th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on long commutes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 22560 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $249,477. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $59,199 median income, cost of living beats 21% of zip codes.
Is 22560 safe?
22560 is safer than 10% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $614 per resident a year.
Compare 22560 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 22560. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 22560 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.
22560 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 22560: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 22560: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 22560: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 22560: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
22560 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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