Best PlacesBelle View, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around 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 View ranks 661st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 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 View's strengths and weaknesses
Where Belle View ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$172,458 median, better than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Belle View ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,512 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Short commute32.8 minutes each way, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Belle View
A household needs to earn about $204,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Belle View home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $172,458, 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 Belle View's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 View
Belle View runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Belle View.
Who works in Belle View, and how
Work in Belle View centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Belle View
Belle View has more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. The coast is about 20 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Belle View and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Belle View, month by month
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 View
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 6 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 View
Schools across Belle View average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hollin Meadows ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- 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 View school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
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 View against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Belle View
Is Belle View a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Belle View ranks 661st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, biking, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Belle View expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $769,962. The overall cost of living runs about 36% above the national average. Set against a $172,458 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Belle View safe?
Yes, Belle View is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $307 per resident a year.
Compare Belle View with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Belle View. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 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 View detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Belle View: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Belle View: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Belle View: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Belle View: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
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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