Best PlacesFine Creek Mills, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fine Creek Mills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fine Creek Mills ranks 1,810th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fine Creek Mills
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.
Fine Creek Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Fine Creek Mills ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$111,390 median, better than 90% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 90% of towns
Where Fine Creek Mills ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 35% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 38% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fine Creek Mills
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fine Creek Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $111,390; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Fine Creek Mills' effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fine Creek Mills
Fine Creek Mills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fine Creek Mills.
Who works in Fine Creek Mills, and how
Work in Fine Creek Mills centers on education and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Fine Creek Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fine Creek Mills.
What the weather is like in Fine Creek Mills, month by month
Fine Creek Mills sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 51, 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 | 51° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Fine Creek Mills
Richmond International sits about 26 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 Fine Creek Mills
Schools across Fine Creek Mills average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Flat Rock ElementaryA · 64% proficient
Top middle schools
- Powhatan MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Powhatan HighA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fine Creek Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fine Creek Mills 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 Fine Creek Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fine Creek Mills
Is Fine Creek Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fine Creek Mills ranks 1,810th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on state finances and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fine Creek Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $438,512. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $111,390 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Fine Creek Mills safe?
Yes, Fine Creek Mills is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $215 per resident a year.
Compare Fine Creek Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fine Creek Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fine Creek Mills 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.
Fine Creek Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fine Creek Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fine Creek Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fine Creek Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fine Creek Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fine Creek Mills 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.
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