Best PlacesEwing, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ewing, 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.
Ewing ranks 32,477th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ewing
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.
Ewing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ewing ranks high
- Cheap childcare$512 a month, better than 91% of towns
- Short commute20.5 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 79% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
Where Ewing ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ewing
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ewing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,434, 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 Ewing's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ewing
Ewing 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 Ewing.
Who works in Ewing, and how
Work in Ewing centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ewing
Ewing has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Ewing and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ewing, month by month
Ewing sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Ewing
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 60 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 172 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ewing
Schools across Ewing average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rose Hill ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- St. Charles ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elydale MiddleA · 63% proficient
- Jonesville MiddleA · 60% proficient
- Pennington MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Lee HighA− · 59% proficient
- Thomas Walker HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ewing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ewing 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 Ewing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ewing
Is Ewing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ewing ranks 32,477th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, short commutes, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on health outcomes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ewing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,713. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $65,434 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Ewing safe?
Ewing is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $547 per resident a year.
Compare Ewing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ewing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ewing 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.
Ewing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ewing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ewing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ewing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ewing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ewing 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.