Best PlacesAppomattox, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Appomattox, 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.
Appomattox ranks 20,017th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low disaster risk, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Appomattox
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.
Appomattox's strengths and weaknesses
Where Appomattox ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$586 a month, better than 80% of towns
Where Appomattox ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Appomattox
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Appomattox home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,249, 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 Appomattox's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Appomattox
Appomattox's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Appomattox.
Who works in Appomattox, and how
Work in Appomattox centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Appomattox
Appomattox has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Appomattox and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Appomattox, month by month
Appomattox sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 37° | 26° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 66° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Appomattox
The nearest airport, Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 83 miles away.
The best schools in and around Appomattox
Schools across Appomattox average a B+, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Appomattox ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Buckingham Co ElementaryC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Appomattox MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Buckingham County MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Appomattox County HighA · 77% proficient
- Buckingham County HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Appomattox school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Appomattox 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 Appomattox against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Appomattox
Is Appomattox a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Appomattox ranks 20,017th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on the weather and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Appomattox expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,742. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $66,249 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Appomattox safe?
Appomattox is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $385 per resident a year.
Compare Appomattox with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Appomattox. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Appomattox 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.
Appomattox detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Appomattox: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Appomattox: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Appomattox: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Appomattox: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Appomattox 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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