Best PlacesCherrystone, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cherrystone, 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.
Cherrystone ranks 29,406th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cherrystone
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.
Cherrystone's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cherrystone ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute14.4 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
Where Cherrystone ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cherrystone
A household needs to earn about $175,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cherrystone home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $60,625, 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 Cherrystone's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Cherrystone
Cherrystone runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cherrystone.
Who works in Cherrystone, and how
Work in Cherrystone centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Cherrystone
The coast is about 1 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cherrystone, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cherrystone, month by month
Cherrystone sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 67° | 58° | 50° |
| July | 87° | 79° | 73° |
| October | 71° | 63° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Cherrystone
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cherrystone
Schools across Cherrystone average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kiptopeke ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northampton MiddleB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Northampton HighA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cherrystone school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cherrystone 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 Cherrystone against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cherrystone
Is Cherrystone a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cherrystone ranks 29,406th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on an overheated housing market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cherrystone expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $677,800. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $60,625 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Cherrystone safe?
Cherrystone is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $561 per resident a year.
Compare Cherrystone with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cherrystone. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cherrystone 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.
Cherrystone detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cherrystone: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cherrystone: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cherrystone: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cherrystone: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cherrystone 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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