Best PlacesCloverdale, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cloverdale, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cloverdale ranks 3,876th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cloverdale
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.
Cloverdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cloverdale ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Short commute16.6 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
Where Cloverdale ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 37% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cloverdale
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cloverdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,921, 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 Cloverdale's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Cloverdale
Cloverdale 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 Cloverdale.
Who works in Cloverdale, and how
Work in Cloverdale centers on other services and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Cloverdale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cloverdale.
What the weather is like in Cloverdale, month by month
Cloverdale sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Cloverdale
The nearest airport, Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field), is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cloverdale
Schools across Cloverdale average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cloverdale ElementaryA+ · 77% proficient
- Greenfield ElementaryA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Read Mountain MiddleA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Lord Botetourt HighA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cloverdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cloverdale 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 Cloverdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cloverdale
Is Cloverdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cloverdale ranks 3,876th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, good schools, and short commutes, and lowest on noise and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cloverdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $353,070. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $79,921 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Cloverdale safe?
Yes, Cloverdale is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
Compare Cloverdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cloverdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cloverdale 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.
Cloverdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cloverdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cloverdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cloverdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cloverdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cloverdale 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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