Best PlacesBelspring, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Belspring, 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.
Belspring ranks 18,150th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Belspring
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.
Belspring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Belspring ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
Where Belspring ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Belspring
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Belspring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,555, 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 Belspring's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 Belspring
Belspring 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 Belspring.
Who works in Belspring, and how
Work in Belspring centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Belspring
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Belspring.
What the weather is like in Belspring, month by month
Belspring sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Belspring
The nearest airport, Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field), is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Belspring
Schools across Belspring average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prices Fork ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Riverlawn ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Blacksburg MiddleA+ · 69% proficient
- John N. Dalton IntermediateA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Blacksburg HighA+ · 84% proficient
- Pulaski County Senior HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Belspring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Belspring 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 Belspring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Belspring
Is Belspring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Belspring ranks 18,150th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on noise and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Belspring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,736. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $84,555 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Belspring safe?
Belspring is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Belspring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Belspring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Belspring 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.
Belspring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Belspring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Belspring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Belspring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Belspring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Belspring 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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