Best PlacesFaber, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Faber, 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.
Faber ranks 21,772nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Empty homes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Faber
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.
Faber's strengths and weaknesses
Where Faber ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 124 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Faber ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Faber
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Faber home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,816, 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 Faber's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Faber
Faber 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 Faber.
Who works in Faber, and how
Work in Faber centers on education and arts & entertainment. 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 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Faber
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Faber.
What the weather is like in Faber, month by month
Faber sees roughly 124 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 Faber
The nearest airport, Charlottesville-Albemarle, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Faber
Schools across Faber average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Red Hill ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Rockfish River ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Leslie H. Walton MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Nelson MiddleA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Monticello HighA− · 64% proficient
- Nelson County HighA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Faber school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Faber 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 Faber against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Faber
Is Faber a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Faber ranks 21,772nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, an educated workforce, and heat safety, and lowest on empty homes 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 Faber expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $305,968. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $79,816 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Faber safe?
Faber is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $401 per resident a year.
Compare Faber with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Faber. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Faber 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.
Faber detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Faber: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Faber: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Faber: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Faber: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Faber 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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