Best PlacesBremo Bluff, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bremo Bluff, 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.
Bremo Bluff ranks 13,737th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in Bremo Bluff
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.
Bremo Bluff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bremo Bluff ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 85% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 85% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
Where Bremo Bluff ranks low
- Short commute37.9 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 24% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bremo Bluff
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bremo Bluff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,146, 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 Bremo Bluff's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bremo Bluff
Bremo Bluff's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bremo Bluff.
Who works in Bremo Bluff, and how
Work in Bremo Bluff centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bremo Bluff
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bremo Bluff.
What the weather is like in Bremo Bluff, month by month
Bremo Bluff sees roughly 111 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 48° |
| July | 85° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 69° | 60° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Bremo Bluff
The nearest airport, Charlottesville-Albemarle, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bremo Bluff
Schools across Bremo Bluff average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buckingham Co ElementaryC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fluvanna MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Buckingham County MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Fluvanna County HighA− · 65% proficient
- Buckingham County HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bremo Bluff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bremo Bluff 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 Bremo Bluff against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bremo Bluff
Is Bremo Bluff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bremo Bluff ranks 13,737th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, an educated workforce, and good schools, and lowest on long commutes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bremo Bluff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,039. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $84,146 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Bremo Bluff safe?
Bremo Bluff is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $329 per resident a year.
Compare Bremo Bluff with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bremo Bluff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bremo Bluff 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.
Bremo Bluff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bremo Bluff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bremo Bluff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bremo Bluff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bremo Bluff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bremo Bluff 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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