Best PlacesAmelia Court House, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Amelia Court House, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Amelia Court House ranks 24,709th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Amelia Court House
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.
Amelia Court House's strengths and weaknesses
Where Amelia Court House ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 77% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Amelia Court House ranks low
- Short commute40.3 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Amelia Court House
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Amelia Court House home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,455, 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 Amelia Court House's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Amelia Court House
Amelia Court House 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 Amelia Court House.
Who works in Amelia Court House, and how
Work in Amelia Court House centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Amelia Court House
Amelia Court House has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Amelia Court House and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Amelia Court House, month by month
Amelia Court House sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Amelia Court House
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 Amelia Court House
Schools across Amelia Court House average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grange Hall ElementaryA · 64% proficient
- Amelia County ElementaryB+ · 50% proficient
- Blackstone PrimaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Amelia County MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Nottoway MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Powhatan HighA · 73% proficient
- Amelia County HighA− · 60% proficient
- Nottoway HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Amelia Court House school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Amelia Court House 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 Amelia Court House against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Amelia Court House
Is Amelia Court House a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Amelia Court House ranks 24,709th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, cheap car insurance, and clean air, and lowest on long commutes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Amelia Court House expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $288,258. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $72,455 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Amelia Court House safe?
Amelia Court House is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $363 per resident a year.
Compare Amelia Court House with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Amelia Court House. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Amelia Court House 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.
Amelia Court House detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Amelia Court House: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Amelia Court House: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Amelia Court House: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Amelia Court House: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Amelia Court House 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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