Best PlacesBumpass, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bumpass, 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.
Bumpass ranks 8,259th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bumpass
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.
Bumpass' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bumpass ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$100,409 median, better than 85% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
Where Bumpass ranks low
- Short commute43.3 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 25% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bumpass
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bumpass home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,409, 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 Bumpass' effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Bumpass
Bumpass runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bumpass.
Who works in Bumpass, and how
Work in Bumpass centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bumpass
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bumpass.
What the weather is like in Bumpass, month by month
Bumpass sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 37° | 27° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Bumpass
Richmond International sits about 38 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 Bumpass
Schools across Bumpass average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Berkeley ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Jouett ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Beaverdam ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Liberty MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Louisa County MiddleA+ · 69% proficient
- Post Oak MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Louisa County HighA+ · 85% proficient
- Patrick Henry HighA · 77% proficient
- Spotsylvania HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bumpass school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bumpass 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 Bumpass against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bumpass
Is Bumpass a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bumpass ranks 8,259th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and high incomes, 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 Bumpass expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $378,998. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $100,409 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Bumpass safe?
Yes, Bumpass is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $257 per resident a year.
Compare Bumpass with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bumpass. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bumpass 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.
Bumpass detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bumpass: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bumpass: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bumpass: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bumpass: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bumpass 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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