Best PlacesAmmon, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ammon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ammon ranks 13,905th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ammon
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.
Ammon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ammon ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$97,824 median, better than 83% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 81% of towns
Where Ammon ranks low
- Short commute47.8 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ammon
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ammon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,824, 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 Ammon's effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ammon
Ammon 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 Ammon.
Who works in Ammon, and how
Work in Ammon centers on construction and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ammon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ammon.
What the weather is like in Ammon, month by month
Ammon sees roughly 66 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 Ammon
Richmond International sits about 30 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 Ammon
Schools across Ammon average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Midway ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Grange Hall ElementaryA · 64% proficient
- Amelia County ElementaryB+ · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bailey Bridge MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Dinwiddie County MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Amelia County MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Cosby HighA+ · 82% proficient
- Amelia County HighA− · 60% proficient
- Dinwiddie County HighA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ammon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ammon 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 Ammon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ammon
Is Ammon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ammon ranks 13,905th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a strong job market, and what local pay buys, and lowest on long commutes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ammon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $310,341. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $97,824 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Ammon safe?
Ammon is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $314 per resident a year.
Compare Ammon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ammon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ammon 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.
Ammon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ammon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ammon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ammon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ammon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ammon 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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