Best PlacesFraleytown, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fraleytown, 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.
Fraleytown ranks 39,061st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fraleytown
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.
Fraleytown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fraleytown ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$512 a month, better than 91% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
Where Fraleytown ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$41,324 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fraleytown
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fraleytown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,324, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Fraleytown's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fraleytown
Fraleytown 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 Fraleytown.
Who works in Fraleytown, and how
Work in Fraleytown centers on public administration and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Fraleytown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fraleytown.
What the weather is like in Fraleytown, month by month
Fraleytown sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Fraleytown
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 145 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fraleytown
Schools across Fraleytown average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Duffield-pattonsville PrimaryA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rye Cove IntermediateB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Rye Cove HighB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fraleytown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fraleytown 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 Fraleytown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fraleytown
Is Fraleytown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fraleytown ranks 39,061st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low disaster risk, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fraleytown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,168. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $41,324 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Fraleytown safe?
Fraleytown is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $298 per resident a year.
Compare Fraleytown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fraleytown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fraleytown 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.
Fraleytown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fraleytown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fraleytown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fraleytown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fraleytown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fraleytown 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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