Best PlacesBuckhall, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Buckhall, 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.
Buckhall ranks 1,299th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Buckhall
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.
Buckhall's strengths and weaknesses
Where Buckhall ranks high
- Household income$185,350 median, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
Where Buckhall ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute39.3 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,330 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Buckhall
A household needs to earn about $168,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Buckhall home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $185,350, 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 Buckhall's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Buckhall
Buckhall runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Buckhall.
Who works in Buckhall, and how
Work in Buckhall centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Buckhall
Buckhall has more parkland per resident than 82% of towns. The coast is about 20 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Buckhall and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Buckhall, month by month
Buckhall sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 34° | 23° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Buckhall
Washington Dulles International sits about 15 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 13.9 million passengers in 2025, with 200 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Buckhall
Schools across Buckhall average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryA+ · 76% proficient
- Fairview ElementaryA · 71% proficient
- Union Mill ElementaryA · 71% proficient
Top middle schools
- Louise A. Benton MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- Parkside MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Mayfield IntermediateC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Osbourn Park HighA · 78% proficient
- Robinson SecondaryA · 76% proficient
- Brentsville District HighA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Buckhall school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Buckhall 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 Buckhall against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Buckhall suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 26% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Buckhall
Is Buckhall a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Buckhall ranks 1,299th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, what local pay buys, and population health, and lowest on noise and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Buckhall expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $634,193. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $185,350 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Buckhall safe?
Yes, Buckhall is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Buckhall?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 47 with lows near 23. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 43% of towns.
Is Buckhall good for families?
Schools beat 88% of towns, crime safety beats 68%, and childcare runs $1,330 a month.
Compare Buckhall with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Buckhall. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Buckhall 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.
Buckhall detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Buckhall: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Buckhall: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Buckhall: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Buckhall: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Buckhall 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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