Best PlacesCrozet, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crozet, 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.
Crozet ranks 656th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crozet
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.
Crozet's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crozet ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
Where Crozet ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,158 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 35% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crozet
A household needs to earn about $140,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crozet home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $125,792; 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 Crozet's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Crozet
Crozet'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 Crozet.
Who works in Crozet, and how
Work in Crozet centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Crozet
Crozet has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Crozet and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crozet, month by month
Crozet sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 48° |
| July | 85° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 69° | 60° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Crozet
The nearest airport, Charlottesville-Albemarle, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crozet
Schools across Crozet average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Meriwether Lewis ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Brownsville ElementaryA+ · 76% proficient
- Cassell ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Joseph T. Henley MiddleA+ · 84% proficient
Top high schools
- Western Albemarle HighA+ · 84% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crozet school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crozet 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 Crozet against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crozet
Is Crozet a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crozet ranks 656th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, civic engagement, and good schools, and lowest on childcare costs and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crozet expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $539,629. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $125,792 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Crozet safe?
Crozet is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $373 per resident a year.
Compare Crozet with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crozet. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crozet 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.
Crozet detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crozet: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crozet: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crozet: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crozet: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crozet 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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