Best PlacesGonyon, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gonyon, 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.
Gonyon ranks 24,209th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gonyon
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.
Gonyon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gonyon ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
Where Gonyon ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gonyon
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gonyon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,165, 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 Gonyon's effective rate of 0.48%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Gonyon
Gonyon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gonyon.
Who works in Gonyon, and how
Work in Gonyon centers on hospitality & food and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Gonyon
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Gonyon, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gonyon, month by month
Gonyon sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Gonyon
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gonyon
Schools across Gonyon average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northumberland ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northumberland MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Northumberland HighB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gonyon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gonyon 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 Gonyon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gonyon
Is Gonyon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gonyon ranks 24,209th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, health care access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on disaster risk and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gonyon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $254,026. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $85,165 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Gonyon safe?
Gonyon is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $365 per resident a year.
Compare Gonyon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gonyon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gonyon 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.
Gonyon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gonyon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gonyon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gonyon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gonyon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gonyon 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.
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