Best PlacesGreenbackville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greenbackville, 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.
Greenbackville ranks 23,097th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Greenbackville
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.
Greenbackville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greenbackville ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 85% of towns
Where Greenbackville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute37.0 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greenbackville
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greenbackville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,314, 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 Greenbackville's effective rate of 0.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Greenbackville
Greenbackville 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 Greenbackville.
Who works in Greenbackville, and how
Work in Greenbackville centers on education and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Greenbackville
Greenbackville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 37 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Greenbackville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Greenbackville, month by month
Greenbackville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 50, 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 | 50° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 73° | 62° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Greenbackville
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Greenbackville
Schools across Greenbackville average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chincoteague ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Kegotank ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Arcadia MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Arcadia HighB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greenbackville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greenbackville 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 Greenbackville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Greenbackville
Is Greenbackville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greenbackville ranks 23,097th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, quiet, and health care access, and lowest on disaster risk and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greenbackville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $251,754. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $95,314 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Greenbackville safe?
Greenbackville is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $353 per resident a year.
Compare Greenbackville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greenbackville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greenbackville 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.
Greenbackville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greenbackville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greenbackville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greenbackville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greenbackville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greenbackville 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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