Best PlacesGolansville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Golansville, 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.
Golansville ranks 45,895th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Low incomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Golansville
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.
Golansville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Golansville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Golansville ranks low
- Household income$43,362 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute39.2 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Golansville
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Golansville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $43,362, 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 Golansville's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Golansville
Golansville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Golansville.
Who works in Golansville, and how
Work in Golansville centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Golansville
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Golansville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Golansville, month by month
Golansville sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 51, 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 | 51° | 39° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Golansville
Richmond International sits about 32 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 Golansville
Schools across Golansville average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Madison ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caroline MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Caroline HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Golansville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Golansville 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 Golansville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Golansville
Is Golansville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Golansville ranks 45,895th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, tree cover, and few empty homes, and lowest on low incomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Golansville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $278,566. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $43,362 median income, cost of living beats 5% of towns.
Is Golansville safe?
Golansville is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $542 per resident a year.
Compare Golansville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Golansville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Golansville 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.
Golansville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Golansville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Golansville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Golansville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Golansville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Golansville 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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