Best PlacesFloyd, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Floyd, 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.
Floyd ranks 18,394th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Floyd
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.
Floyd's strengths and weaknesses
Where Floyd ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 78% of towns
Where Floyd ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Household income$55,173 median, better than only 19% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 20% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 36% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Floyd
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Floyd home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $55,173; 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 Floyd's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Floyd
Floyd 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 Floyd.
Who works in Floyd, and how
Work in Floyd centers on manufacturing 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 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Floyd
Floyd has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Floyd and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Floyd, month by month
Floyd sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Floyd
The nearest airport, Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field), is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Floyd
Schools across Floyd average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Callaway ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Indian Valley ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Meadows Of Dan ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Benjamin Franklin MiddleA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Franklin County HighA · 76% proficient
- Patrick County HighA · 68% proficient
- Floyd County HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Floyd school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Floyd 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 Floyd against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Floyd
Is Floyd a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Floyd ranks 18,394th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on state finances and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Floyd expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $226,337. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $55,173 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Floyd safe?
Yes, Floyd is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare Floyd with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Floyd. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Floyd 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.
Floyd detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Floyd: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Floyd: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Floyd: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Floyd: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Floyd 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.