Best PlacesGholsonville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gholsonville, 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.
Gholsonville ranks 45,193rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gholsonville
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.
Gholsonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gholsonville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Cheap childcare$585 a month, better than 80% of towns
Where Gholsonville ranks low
- Short commute58.0 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gholsonville
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gholsonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,861, 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 Gholsonville's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Gholsonville
Gholsonville 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 Gholsonville.
Who works in Gholsonville, and how
Work in Gholsonville centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Gholsonville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gholsonville.
What the weather is like in Gholsonville, month by month
Gholsonville sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Gholsonville
Richmond International sits about 68 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.5 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Gholsonville
Schools across Gholsonville average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Meherrin Powellton ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- James S. Russell MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Brunswick HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gholsonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gholsonville 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 Gholsonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gholsonville
Is Gholsonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gholsonville ranks 45,193rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, cheap car insurance, and quiet, and lowest on long commutes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gholsonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $116,800. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $54,861 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Gholsonville safe?
Gholsonville is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $507 per resident a year.
Compare Gholsonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gholsonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gholsonville 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.
Gholsonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gholsonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gholsonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gholsonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gholsonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gholsonville 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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