Best PlacesFort Belvoir, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Belvoir, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fort Belvoir ranks 6,434th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Belvoir
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.
Fort Belvoir's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Belvoir ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
Where Fort Belvoir ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,512 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 20% of towns
Who lives in Fort Belvoir
Fort Belvoir runs younger 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 Fort Belvoir.
Who works in Fort Belvoir, and how
Work in Fort Belvoir centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Fort Belvoir
Fort Belvoir has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of towns. The coast is about 16 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Fort Belvoir and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort Belvoir, month by month
Fort Belvoir sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Fort Belvoir
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 11 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Fort Belvoir
Schools across Fort Belvoir average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Island Creek ElementaryA+ · 72% proficient
- Fort Belvoir Upper ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Saratoga ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Key MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Whitman MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Hayfield SecondaryA− · 63% proficient
- Lewis HighB+ · 53% proficient
- Mount Vernon HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Belvoir school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Belvoir 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 Fort Belvoir against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Belvoir
Is Fort Belvoir a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Belvoir ranks 6,434th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on childcare costs and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Belvoir safe?
Fort Belvoir is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $328 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fort Belvoir?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 48 with lows near 26. That works out to about 59 pleasant days a year, more than 6% of towns.
Compare Fort Belvoir with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Belvoir. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Belvoir 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.
Fort Belvoir detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Belvoir: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Belvoir: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Belvoir: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Belvoir: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Belvoir 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.
- 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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