Best PlacesCrosses Corner, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crosses Corner, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Crosses Corner ranks 1,140th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Crosses Corner
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.
Crosses Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crosses Corner ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$133,660 median, better than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
Where Crosses Corner ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,015 a month, better than only 24% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crosses Corner
A household needs to earn about $144,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crosses Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $133,660; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Crosses Corner's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Crosses Corner
Crosses Corner runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crosses Corner.
Who works in Crosses Corner, and how
Work in Crosses Corner centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 44%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Crosses Corner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crosses Corner.
What the weather is like in Crosses Corner, month by month
Crosses Corner sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 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° | 46° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Crosses Corner
Richmond International sits about 15 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 Crosses Corner
Schools across Crosses Corner average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rural Point ElementaryA+ · 87% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oak Knoll MiddleA+ · 84% proficient
Top high schools
- Hanover HighA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crosses Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crosses Corner 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 Crosses Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crosses Corner
Is Crosses Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crosses Corner ranks 1,140th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on the weather and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crosses Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $559,359. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $133,660 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Crosses Corner safe?
Crosses Corner is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $341 per resident a year.
Compare Crosses Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crosses Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crosses Corner 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.
Crosses Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crosses Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crosses Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crosses Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crosses Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crosses Corner 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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