Best PlacesGoldvein, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Goldvein, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Goldvein ranks 8,424th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Goldvein
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.
Goldvein's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goldvein ranks high
- Household income$128,699 median, better than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
Where Goldvein ranks low
- Short commute45.2 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Goldvein
A household needs to earn about $145,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goldvein home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $128,699, 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 Goldvein's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Goldvein
Goldvein 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 Goldvein.
Who works in Goldvein, and how
Work in Goldvein centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Goldvein
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Goldvein, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Goldvein, month by month
Goldvein sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Goldvein
Washington Dulles International sits about 34 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 Goldvein
Schools across Goldvein average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Margaret Brent ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Mary Walter ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleA+ · 72% proficient
- Cedar Lee MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Mountain View HighA · 77% proficient
- Liberty HighB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goldvein school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goldvein 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 Goldvein against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Goldvein
Is Goldvein a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goldvein ranks 8,424th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, low crime, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Goldvein expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $568,951. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $128,699 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Goldvein safe?
Yes, Goldvein is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $165 per resident a year.
Compare Goldvein with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goldvein. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goldvein 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.
Goldvein detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goldvein: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goldvein: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goldvein: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goldvein: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goldvein 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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