Best PlacesHightown, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hightown, 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.
Hightown ranks 23,079th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hightown
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.
Hightown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hightown ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Hightown ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hightown
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hightown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,813, 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 Hightown's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Hightown
Hightown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hightown.
Who works in Hightown, and how
Work in Hightown centers on construction and other services. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Hightown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hightown.
What the weather is like in Hightown, month by month
Hightown sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 31° | 20° |
| April | 68° | 52° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 70° | 54° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Hightown
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hightown
Schools across Hightown average a B, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Highland ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Green Bank Elementary-middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Highland HighA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hightown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hightown 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 Hightown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hightown
Is Hightown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hightown ranks 23,079th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, health care access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on cell coverage and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hightown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $224,000. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $74,813 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Hightown safe?
Hightown is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $515 per resident a year.
Compare Hightown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hightown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hightown 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.
Hightown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hightown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hightown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hightown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hightown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hightown 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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