Best PlacesDinwiddie County, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Dinwiddie County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Dinwiddie County ranks 1,466th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Walkability pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Dinwiddie County
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.
Dinwiddie County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dinwiddie County ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of counties
- School gradeB+, better than 84% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of counties
Where Dinwiddie County ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 2% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 4% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of counties
- Short commute31.3 minutes each way, better than only 11% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Dinwiddie County
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dinwiddie County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,778, 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 Dinwiddie County's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Dinwiddie County
Dinwiddie County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dinwiddie County.
Who works in Dinwiddie County, and how
Work in Dinwiddie County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Dinwiddie County
Dinwiddie County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Dinwiddie County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Dinwiddie County growing, and who is moving in?
Dinwiddie County has grown about 2% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Richmond, VA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Dinwiddie County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Dinwiddie County, month by month
Dinwiddie County sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Dinwiddie County
Richmond International sits about 29 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 Dinwiddie County
Schools across Dinwiddie County average a B+, better than 84% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Midway ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Sunnyside ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Dinwiddie ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dinwiddie County MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Dinwiddie County HighA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dinwiddie County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dinwiddie County 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 Dinwiddie County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Dinwiddie County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 79% of counties and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Dinwiddie County
Is Dinwiddie County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dinwiddie County ranks 1,466th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on tree cover, good schools, and big-city access, and lowest on walkability and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dinwiddie County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $271,809. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $80,778 median income, cost of living beats 79% of counties.
Is Dinwiddie County safe?
Dinwiddie County is safer than 36% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $411 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Dinwiddie County?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 52 with lows near 27. That works out to about 61 pleasant days a year, more than 7% of counties.
Is Dinwiddie County good for families?
Schools beat 84% of counties, crime safety beats 36%, and childcare runs $727 a month.
Compare Dinwiddie County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dinwiddie County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dinwiddie County 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.
Dinwiddie County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dinwiddie County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dinwiddie County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dinwiddie County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dinwiddie County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dinwiddie County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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