Best PlacesGarrisonville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Garrisonville, 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.
Garrisonville ranks 8,842nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Garrisonville
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.
Garrisonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Garrisonville ranks high
- Short commute11.4 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Household income$151,480 median, better than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
Where Garrisonville ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
Who lives in Garrisonville
Garrisonville 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 Garrisonville.
Who works in Garrisonville, and how
Work in Garrisonville centers on education and other services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 26%
- Work from home 38%
- Transit, walk, or bike 36%
Life in Garrisonville
The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Garrisonville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Garrisonville, month by month
Garrisonville sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 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° | 37° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Garrisonville
Washington Dulles International sits about 31 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 Garrisonville
Schools across Garrisonville average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Garrisonville ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Kate Waller Barrett ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Anne E. Moncure ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Andrew G. Wright MiddleA · 60% proficient
- H.h. Poole MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Shirley C. Heim MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Mountain View HighA · 77% proficient
- North Stafford HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Garrisonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Garrisonville 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 Garrisonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Garrisonville
Is Garrisonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Garrisonville ranks 8,842nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on thin health care access and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Garrisonville safe?
Garrisonville is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $570 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Garrisonville?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 48 with lows near 29. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 20% of towns.
Compare Garrisonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Garrisonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Garrisonville 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.
Garrisonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Garrisonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Garrisonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Garrisonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Garrisonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Garrisonville 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.
Your priorities
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