Best PlacesCraigsville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Craigsville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Craigsville ranks 33,619th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Civic engagement pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in Craigsville
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.
Craigsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Craigsville ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 79% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Craigsville ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute35.1 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Household income$51,735 median, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Craigsville
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Craigsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,735, 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 Craigsville's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Craigsville
Craigsville runs younger 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 Craigsville.
Who works in Craigsville, and how
Work in Craigsville centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Craigsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Craigsville.
What the weather is like in Craigsville, month by month
Craigsville sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 79° | 70° | 64° |
| October | 63° | 53° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Craigsville
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Craigsville
Schools across Craigsville average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Craigsville ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beverley Manor MiddleA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Buffalo Gap HighA · 73% proficient
- Riverheads HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Craigsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Craigsville 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 Craigsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Craigsville
Is Craigsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Craigsville ranks 33,619th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on civic engagement and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Craigsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,895. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $51,735 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Craigsville safe?
Craigsville is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $397 per resident a year.
Compare Craigsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Craigsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Craigsville 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.
Craigsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Craigsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Craigsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Craigsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Craigsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Craigsville 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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