Best PlacesGrove Hill, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grove Hill, 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.
Grove Hill ranks 29,205th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Grove Hill
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.
Grove Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grove Hill ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 76% of towns
Where Grove Hill ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grove Hill
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grove Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,734, 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 Grove Hill's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Grove Hill
Grove Hill 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 Grove Hill.
Who works in Grove Hill, and how
Work in Grove Hill centers on manufacturing and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Grove Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grove Hill.
What the weather is like in Grove Hill, month by month
Grove Hill sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Grove Hill
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grove Hill
Schools across Grove Hill average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shenandoah ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Page County MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Page County HighA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grove Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grove Hill 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 Grove Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grove Hill
Is Grove Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grove Hill ranks 29,205th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, tree cover, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on an overheated housing market and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grove Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,400. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $67,734 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Grove Hill safe?
Grove Hill is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $307 per resident a year.
Compare Grove Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grove Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grove Hill 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.
Grove Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grove Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grove Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grove Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grove Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grove Hill 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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