Best PlacesFredericksburg City, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Fredericksburg City, 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.
Fredericksburg City ranks 653rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fredericksburg City
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.
Fredericksburg City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fredericksburg City ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of counties
Where Fredericksburg City ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of counties
- Short commute31.9 minutes each way, better than only 10% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 15% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 19% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 20% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Fredericksburg City
A household needs to earn about $130,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fredericksburg City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $97,726, 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 Fredericksburg City's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Fredericksburg City
Fredericksburg City runs younger 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 Fredericksburg City.
Who works in Fredericksburg City, and how
Work in Fredericksburg City centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Fredericksburg City
Fredericksburg City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of counties and more parkland per resident than 82% of counties. The coast is about 20 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fredericksburg City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Fredericksburg City growing, and who is moving in?
Fredericksburg City has grown about 6% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Washington, DC metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Fredericksburg City go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Fredericksburg City, month by month
Fredericksburg City sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Fredericksburg City
Washington Dulles International sits about 45 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 Fredericksburg City
Schools across Fredericksburg City average a B−, better than 59% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Spotswood ElementaryB · 46% proficient
- Salem ElementaryB · 44% proficient
- Lafayette ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chancellor MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Battlefield MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Walker-grant MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Massaponax HighA · 68% proficient
- Chancellor HighA− · 64% proficient
- James Monroe HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fredericksburg City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fredericksburg City 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 Fredericksburg City against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Fredericksburg City suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Fredericksburg City
Is Fredericksburg City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fredericksburg City ranks 653rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on biking, walkability, and big-city access, and lowest on noise and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fredericksburg City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $509,372. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $97,726 median income, cost of living beats 68% of counties.
Is Fredericksburg City safe?
Fredericksburg City is safer than 19% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $518 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fredericksburg City?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 48 with lows near 29. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 20% of counties.
Is Fredericksburg City good for families?
Schools beat 59% of counties, crime safety beats 19%, and childcare runs $935 a month.
Compare Fredericksburg City with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fredericksburg City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fredericksburg City 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.
Fredericksburg City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fredericksburg City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fredericksburg City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fredericksburg City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fredericksburg City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fredericksburg City 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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