Best PlacesFlint Hill, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Flint Hill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Flint Hill ranks 21,539th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Flint Hill
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.
Flint Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Flint Hill ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
Where Flint Hill ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Short commute35.8 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,076 a month, better than only 20% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Flint Hill
A household needs to earn about $143,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Flint Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $91,123, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Flint Hill's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Flint Hill
Flint Hill runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Flint Hill.
Who works in Flint Hill, and how
Work in Flint Hill centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Flint Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Flint Hill.
What the weather is like in Flint Hill, month by month
Flint Hill sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 24° |
| April | 73° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 92° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Flint Hill
Washington Dulles International sits about 36 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 13.9 million passengers in 2025, with 200 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Flint Hill
Schools across Flint Hill average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rappahannock County ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- W.g. Coleman ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marshall MiddleA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Rappahannock County HighA− · 62% proficient
- Fauquier HighA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Flint Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Flint Hill 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 Flint Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Flint Hill
Is Flint Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Flint Hill ranks 21,539th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, health care access, and good schools, and lowest on the weather and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Flint Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $571,847. The overall cost of living runs about 28% above the national average. Set against a $91,123 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Flint Hill safe?
Flint Hill is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $345 per resident a year.
Compare Flint Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Flint Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Flint Hill 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.
Flint Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Flint Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Flint Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Flint Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Flint Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Flint Hill 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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