Best PlacesCraddockville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Craddockville, 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.
Craddockville ranks 20,186th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Craddockville
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.
Craddockville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Craddockville ranks high
- Short commute15.8 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
Where Craddockville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Craddockville
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Craddockville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,906, 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 Craddockville's effective rate of 0.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Craddockville
Craddockville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Craddockville.
Who works in Craddockville, and how
Work in Craddockville centers on construction and admin & support services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Craddockville
The coast is about 22 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Craddockville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Craddockville, month by month
Craddockville sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 67° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Craddockville
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Craddockville
Schools across Craddockville average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pungoteague ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nandua MiddleA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Nandua HighA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Craddockville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Craddockville 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 Craddockville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Craddockville
Is Craddockville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Craddockville ranks 20,186th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, a strong job market, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on disaster risk and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Craddockville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $297,500. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $78,906 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Craddockville safe?
Craddockville is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $552 per resident a year.
Compare Craddockville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Craddockville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Craddockville 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.
Craddockville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Craddockville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Craddockville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Craddockville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Craddockville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Craddockville 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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