Best PlacesAylett, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Aylett, 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.
Aylett ranks 7,271st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a strong job market.
The best neighborhoods in Aylett
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.
Aylett's strengths and weaknesses
Where Aylett ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$102,651 median, better than 86% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
Where Aylett ranks low
- Short commute38.7 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Aylett
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Aylett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,651, 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 Aylett's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Aylett
Aylett runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Aylett.
Who works in Aylett, and how
Work in Aylett centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Aylett
The coast is about 32 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Aylett, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Aylett, month by month
Aylett sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Aylett
Richmond International sits about 21 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 Aylett
Schools across Aylett average an A−, better than 82% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Hamilton Holmes MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- King William HighA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Aylett school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Aylett 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 Aylett against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Aylett
Is Aylett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Aylett ranks 7,271st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Aylett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $328,755. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $102,651 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Aylett safe?
Yes, Aylett is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare Aylett with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Aylett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Aylett 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.
Aylett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Aylett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Aylett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Aylett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Aylett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Aylett 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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