Best PlacesAshby, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ashby, 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.
Ashby ranks 10,714th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ashby
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.
Ashby's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ashby ranks high
- Household income$136,149 median, better than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
Where Ashby ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Short commute33.8 minutes each way, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ashby
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ashby home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $136,149, 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 Ashby's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ashby
Ashby runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ashby.
Who works in Ashby, and how
Work in Ashby centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Ashby
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ashby.
What the weather is like in Ashby, month by month
Ashby sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Ashby
Washington Dulles International sits about 37 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 13.9 million passengers in 2025, with 200 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ashby
Schools across Ashby average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- A.s. Rhodes ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Boyce ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Johnson-williams MiddleA− · 57% proficient
- Robert E. Aylor MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Clarke County HighA · 73% proficient
- Skyline HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ashby school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ashby 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 Ashby against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ashby
Is Ashby a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ashby ranks 10,714th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, civic engagement, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ashby expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $492,986. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $136,149 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Ashby safe?
Ashby is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
Compare Ashby with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ashby. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ashby 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.
Ashby detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ashby: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ashby: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ashby: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ashby: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ashby 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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