Best PlacesElevon, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Elevon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Elevon ranks 48,601st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Elevon
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.
Elevon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Elevon ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 74% of towns
- QuietBetter than 68% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 66% of towns
Where Elevon ranks low
- Short commute49.3 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Elevon
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Elevon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,684, 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 Elevon's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Elevon
Elevon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Elevon.
Who works in Elevon, and how
Work in Elevon centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Elevon
The coast is about 31 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Elevon, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Elevon, month by month
Elevon sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Elevon
Richmond International sits about 37 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 Elevon
Schools across Elevon average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tappahannock ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- James H. Cary IntermediateC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Essex HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Elevon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Elevon 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 Elevon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Elevon
Is Elevon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Elevon ranks 48,601st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, cheap car insurance, and clean air, and lowest on long commutes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Elevon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,614. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $57,684 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Elevon safe?
Elevon is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $527 per resident a year.
Compare Elevon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Elevon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Elevon 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.
Elevon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Elevon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Elevon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Elevon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Elevon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Elevon 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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