Best PlacesBruington, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bruington, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bruington ranks 39,173rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bruington
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.
Bruington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bruington ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 75% of towns
Where Bruington ranks low
- Short commute41.7 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bruington
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bruington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $56,708, 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 Bruington'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 Bruington
Bruington runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bruington.
Who works in Bruington, and how
Work in Bruington centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bruington
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Bruington, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bruington, month by month
Bruington sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Bruington
Richmond International sits about 26 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.5 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bruington
Schools across Bruington average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lawson-marriott ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Central HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bruington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bruington 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 Bruington against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bruington
Is Bruington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bruington ranks 39,173rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, big-city access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on long commutes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bruington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $322,399. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $56,708 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Bruington safe?
Bruington is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $476 per resident a year.
Compare Bruington with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bruington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bruington 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.
Bruington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bruington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bruington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bruington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bruington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bruington 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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