Best PlacesCrewe, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crewe, 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.
Crewe ranks 30,842nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on walkability.
The best neighborhoods in Crewe
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.
Crewe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crewe ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$537 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
Where Crewe ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crewe
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crewe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,087, 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 Crewe's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Crewe
Crewe's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crewe.
Who works in Crewe, and how
Work in Crewe centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Crewe
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crewe.
What the weather is like in Crewe, month by month
Crewe sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 51, 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 | 51° | 39° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Crewe
Richmond International sits about 49 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.5 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Crewe
Schools across Crewe average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Victoria ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Crewe PrimaryB · 45% proficient
- Blackstone PrimaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lunenburg MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Nottoway IntermediateB · 44% proficient
- Nottoway MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Central HighA− · 60% proficient
- Nottoway HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crewe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crewe 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 Crewe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crewe
Is Crewe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crewe ranks 30,842nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the weather and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crewe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,630. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $68,087 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Crewe safe?
Crewe is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $505 per resident a year.
Compare Crewe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crewe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crewe 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.
Crewe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crewe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crewe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crewe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crewe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crewe 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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