Best PlacesFort Eustis, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Eustis, 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 Eustis ranks 9,601st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Eustis
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 Eustis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Eustis ranks high
- Short commute11.0 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
Where Fort Eustis ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
Who lives in Fort Eustis
Fort Eustis 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 Eustis.
Who works in Fort Eustis, and how
Work in Fort Eustis centers on finance & insurance and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 24%
Life in Fort Eustis
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Fort Eustis, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort Eustis, month by month
Fort Eustis sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 41° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Fort Eustis
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Eustis
Schools across Fort Eustis average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Knollwood Meadows ElementaryB · 49% proficient
- General Stanford ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- James River ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ella J. Fitzgerald MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Mary Passage MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodside HighA− · 66% proficient
- Denbigh HighB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Eustis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Eustis 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 Eustis against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Eustis
Is Fort Eustis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Eustis ranks 9,601st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, population health, and transit, and lowest on civic engagement 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 Fort Eustis safe?
Fort Eustis is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $451 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fort Eustis?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 53 with lows near 32. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 20% of towns.
Compare Fort Eustis with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Eustis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Eustis 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 Eustis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Eustis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Eustis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Eustis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Eustis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Eustis 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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