Best PlacesBurke Centre, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burke Centre, 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.
Burke Centre ranks 88th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Burke Centre
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.
Burke Centre's strengths and weaknesses
Where Burke Centre ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$167,108 median, better than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
Where Burke Centre ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,512 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Short commute31.6 minutes each way, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Burke Centre
A household needs to earn about $171,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burke Centre home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $167,108; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Burke Centre's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 Burke Centre
Burke Centre's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Burke Centre.
Who works in Burke Centre, and how
Work in Burke Centre centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Burke Centre
The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Burke Centre, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Burke Centre, month by month
Burke Centre sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Burke Centre
Washington Dulles International sits about 14 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 Burke Centre
Schools across Burke Centre average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cherry Run ElementaryA+ · 83% proficient
- Terra Centre ElementaryA+ · 72% proficient
- Fairview ElementaryA · 71% proficient
Top high schools
- Lake Braddock SecondaryA+ · 83% proficient
- Robinson SecondaryA · 76% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burke Centre school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burke Centre 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 Burke Centre against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Burke Centre
Is Burke Centre a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burke Centre ranks 88th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, low crime, and population health, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burke Centre expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $640,667. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $167,108 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Burke Centre safe?
Yes, Burke Centre is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $125 per resident a year.
Compare Burke Centre with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burke Centre. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burke Centre 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.
Burke Centre detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burke Centre: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burke Centre: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burke Centre: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burke Centre: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burke Centre 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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