Best PlacesEbony, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ebony, 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.
Ebony ranks 36,991st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on tree cover, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ebony
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.
Ebony's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ebony ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$587 a month, better than 80% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 76% of towns
Where Ebony ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ebony
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ebony home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,039, 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 Ebony's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ebony
Ebony runs older 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 Ebony.
Who works in Ebony, and how
Work in Ebony centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Ebony
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ebony.
What the weather is like in Ebony, month by month
Ebony sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, 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 | 52° | 39° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Ebony
Raleigh-Durham International sits about 65 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.7 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ebony
Schools across Ebony average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lacrosse ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Meherrin Powellton ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- James S. Russell MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Warren County MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Brunswick HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Warren County HighD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ebony school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ebony 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 Ebony against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ebony
Is Ebony a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ebony ranks 36,991st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, cheap car insurance, and quiet, and lowest on the weather and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ebony expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,515. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $58,039 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Ebony safe?
Ebony is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $482 per resident a year.
Compare Ebony with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ebony. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ebony 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.
Ebony detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ebony: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ebony: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ebony: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ebony: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ebony 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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