Best PlacesAmonate, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Amonate, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Amonate ranks 43,305th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Amonate
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.
Amonate's strengths and weaknesses
Where Amonate ranks high
- Cheap childcare$480 a month, better than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Amonate ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$37,630 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Amonate
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Amonate home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $37,630, 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 Amonate's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Amonate
Amonate runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Amonate.
Who works in Amonate, and how
Work in Amonate centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Amonate
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Amonate.
What the weather is like in Amonate, month by month
Amonate sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 34° | 28° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 44° |
| July | 81° | 72° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Amonate
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 141 miles away.
The best schools in and around Amonate
Schools across Amonate average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cedar Bluff ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Tazewell IntermediateA− · 62% proficient
- Southside K-8D− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tazewell MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Richlands MiddleA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Tazewell HighA+ · 81% proficient
- Richlands HighA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Amonate school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Amonate 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 Amonate against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Amonate
Is Amonate a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Amonate ranks 43,305th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and good schools, and lowest on education levels and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Amonate expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $83,926. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $37,630 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Amonate safe?
Amonate is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $432 per resident a year.
Compare Amonate with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Amonate. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Amonate 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.
Amonate detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Amonate: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Amonate: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Amonate: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Amonate: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Amonate 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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