Best PlacesGreenville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greenville, 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.
Greenville ranks 25,680th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Greenville
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.
Greenville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greenville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of towns
Where Greenville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Household income$50,614 median, better than only 13% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greenville
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greenville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $50,614, 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 Greenville's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Greenville
Greenville 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 Greenville.
Who works in Greenville, and how
Work in Greenville centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Greenville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Greenville.
What the weather is like in Greenville, month by month
Greenville sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Greenville
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Greenville
Schools across Greenville average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riverheads ElementaryA · 69% proficient
- Fairfield ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stuarts Draft MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Beverley Manor MiddleA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverheads HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greenville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greenville 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 Greenville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Greenville
Is Greenville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greenville ranks 25,680th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greenville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,427. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $50,614 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Greenville safe?
Yes, Greenville is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $174 per resident a year.
Compare Greenville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greenville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greenville 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.
Greenville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greenville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greenville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greenville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greenville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greenville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.