Best PlacesBerthaville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Berthaville, 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.
Berthaville ranks 1,681st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Berthaville
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.
Berthaville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Berthaville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$124,158 median, better than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
Where Berthaville ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Short commute29.8 minutes each way, better than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Berthaville
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Berthaville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $124,158, 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 Berthaville's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Berthaville
Berthaville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Berthaville.
Who works in Berthaville, and how
Work in Berthaville centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Berthaville
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Berthaville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Berthaville, month by month
Berthaville sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 73° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Berthaville
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 35 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 Berthaville
Schools across Berthaville average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Potomac ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- King George MiddleA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- King George HighA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Berthaville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Berthaville 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 Berthaville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Berthaville
Is Berthaville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Berthaville ranks 1,681st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, what local pay buys, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Berthaville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $490,900. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $124,158 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Berthaville safe?
Yes, Berthaville is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $143 per resident a year.
Compare Berthaville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Berthaville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Berthaville 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.
Berthaville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Berthaville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Berthaville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Berthaville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Berthaville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Berthaville 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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