Best PlacesAvon, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Avon, 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.
Avon ranks 28,838th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Avon
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.
Avon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Avon ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 80% of towns
Where Avon ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Avon
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Avon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $62,506, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Avon's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Avon
Avon 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 Avon.
Who works in Avon, and how
Work in Avon centers on professional & technical and other services. 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 Avon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Avon.
What the weather is like in Avon, month by month
Avon sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Avon
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Avon
Schools across Avon average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brownsville ElementaryA+ · 76% proficient
- Rockfish River ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Wenonah ElementaryC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Joseph T. Henley MiddleA+ · 84% proficient
- Nelson MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- Kate Collins MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Western Albemarle HighA+ · 84% proficient
- Nelson County HighA− · 62% proficient
- Waynesboro HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Avon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Avon 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 Avon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Avon
Is Avon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Avon ranks 28,838th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, tree cover, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Avon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $310,660. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $62,506 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Avon safe?
Avon is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
Compare Avon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Avon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Avon 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.
Avon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Avon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Avon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Avon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Avon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Avon 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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