Best PlacesBelle Haven, Belle View, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Belle Haven, Belle View, 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.
Belle Haven, Belle View ranks 374th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Belle Haven, Belle View
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.
Belle Haven, Belle View's strengths and weaknesses
Where Belle Haven, Belle View ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Household income$181,142 median, better than 96% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
Where Belle Haven, Belle View ranks low
- Short commute35.5 minutes each way, better than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,512 a month, better than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Belle Haven, Belle View
A household needs to earn about $199,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Belle Haven, Belle View home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $181,142; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Belle Haven, Belle View's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 Belle Haven, Belle View
Belle Haven, Belle View 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 Belle Haven, Belle View.
Who works in Belle Haven, Belle View, and how
Work in Belle Haven, Belle View centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Belle Haven, Belle View
The coast is about 20 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Belle Haven, Belle View, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Belle Haven, Belle View, month by month
Belle Haven, Belle View sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Belle Haven, Belle View
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 5 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Belle Haven, Belle View
Schools across Belle Haven, Belle View average a B+, better than 85% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Belle View ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Bucknell ElementaryD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sandburg MiddleA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- West Potomac HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Belle Haven, Belle View school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Belle Haven, Belle View 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 Belle Haven, Belle View against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Belle Haven, Belle View
Is Belle Haven, Belle View a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Belle Haven, Belle View ranks 374th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and high incomes, and lowest on long commutes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Belle Haven, Belle View expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $749,425. The overall cost of living runs about 35% above the national average. Set against a $181,142 median income, cost of living beats 93% of neighborhoods.
Is Belle Haven, Belle View safe?
Yes, Belle Haven, Belle View is safer than 66% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Belle Haven, Belle View with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Belle Haven, Belle View. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Belle Haven, Belle View 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.
Belle Haven, Belle View detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Belle Haven, Belle View: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Belle Haven, Belle View: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Belle Haven, Belle View: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Belle Haven, Belle View: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Belle Haven, Belle View 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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