Best PlacesBishop, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bishop, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bishop ranks 36,833rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bishop
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.
Bishop's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bishop ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Cheap childcare$480 a month, better than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
Where Bishop ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute40.9 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bishop
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bishop home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,274, 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 Bishop's effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Bishop
Bishop 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 Bishop.
Who works in Bishop, and how
Work in Bishop centers on wholesale trade and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bishop
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bishop.
What the weather is like in Bishop, month by month
Bishop sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 34° | 28° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 44° |
| July | 81° | 72° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Bishop
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 141 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bishop
Schools across Bishop average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tazewell IntermediateA− · 62% proficient
- Abb's Valley-boissevain ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tazewell MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Tazewell HighA+ · 81% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bishop school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bishop 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 Bishop against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bishop
Is Bishop a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bishop ranks 36,833rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, good schools, and affordable childcare, and lowest on health outcomes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bishop expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,723. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $70,274 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Bishop safe?
Bishop is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $473 per resident a year.
Compare Bishop with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bishop. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bishop 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.
Bishop detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bishop: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bishop: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bishop: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bishop: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bishop 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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