Best PlacesButts Station, Chesapeake, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Butts Station, Chesapeake, 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.
Butts Station, Chesapeake ranks 858th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Butts Station, Chesapeake
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.
Butts Station, Chesapeake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Butts Station, Chesapeake ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
Where Butts Station, Chesapeake ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Butts Station, Chesapeake
A household needs to earn about $129,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Butts Station, Chesapeake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $132,059, 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 Butts Station, Chesapeake's effective rate of 0.75%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Butts Station, Chesapeake
Butts Station, Chesapeake runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Butts Station, Chesapeake.
Who works in Butts Station, Chesapeake, and how
Work in Butts Station, Chesapeake centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, 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 Butts Station, Chesapeake
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Butts Station, Chesapeake, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Butts Station, Chesapeake, month by month
Butts Station, Chesapeake sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Butts Station, Chesapeake
The nearest airport, Norfolk International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Butts Station, Chesapeake
Schools across Butts Station, Chesapeake average an A+, better than 99% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Great Bridge IntermediateA+ · 82% proficient
- Southeastern ElementaryA+ · 79% proficient
- Butts Road IntermediateA+ · 79% proficient
Top middle schools
- Princess Anne MiddleA+ · 84% proficient
- Hickory MiddleA+ · 76% proficient
- Great Bridge MiddleA+ · 71% proficient
Top high schools
- Floyd Kellam HighA+ · 86% proficient
- Hickory HighA+ · 80% proficient
- Great Bridge HighA · 74% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Butts Station, Chesapeake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Butts Station, Chesapeake 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 Butts Station, Chesapeake against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Butts Station, Chesapeake
Is Butts Station, Chesapeake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Butts Station, Chesapeake ranks 858th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on civic engagement, good schools, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on biking and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Butts Station, Chesapeake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $497,059. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $132,059 median income, cost of living beats 95% of neighborhoods.
Is Butts Station, Chesapeake safe?
Yes, Butts Station, Chesapeake is safer than 81% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
Compare Butts Station, Chesapeake with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Butts Station, Chesapeake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Butts Station, Chesapeake 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.
Butts Station, Chesapeake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Butts Station, Chesapeake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Butts Station, Chesapeake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Butts Station, Chesapeake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Butts Station, Chesapeake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Butts Station, Chesapeake 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.
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