Best PlacesBergton, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bergton, 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.
Bergton ranks 33,829th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bergton
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.
Bergton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bergton ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 87% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 77% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 74% of towns
Where Bergton ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute40.4 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bergton
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bergton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $61,994, 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 Bergton's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bergton
Bergton 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 Bergton.
Who works in Bergton, and how
Work in Bergton centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bergton
Bergton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Bergton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bergton, month by month
Bergton sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Bergton
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bergton
Schools across Bergton average a B, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- John W. Wayland ElementaryA− · 55% proficient
- Fulks Run ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wilbur S. Pence MiddleA− · 56% proficient
- J. Frank Hillyard MiddleA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Turner Ashby HighA · 77% proficient
- Broadway HighA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bergton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bergton 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 Bergton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bergton
Is Bergton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bergton ranks 33,829th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, transit, and civic engagement, and lowest on education levels and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bergton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $335,652. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $61,994 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Bergton safe?
Bergton is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $323 per resident a year.
Compare Bergton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bergton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bergton 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.
Bergton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bergton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bergton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bergton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bergton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bergton 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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