Best PlacesHolly Brook, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holly Brook, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Holly Brook ranks 28,381st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Holly Brook
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.
Holly Brook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Holly Brook ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Holly Brook ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Holly Brook
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holly Brook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,883, 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 Holly Brook's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Holly Brook
Holly Brook's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Holly Brook.
Who works in Holly Brook, and how
Work in Holly Brook centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Holly Brook
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Holly Brook.
What the weather is like in Holly Brook, month by month
Holly Brook sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Holly Brook
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 137 miles away.
The best schools in and around Holly Brook
Schools across Holly Brook average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bland County ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Narrows Elementary/middleA− · 55% proficient
- Oakvale SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Bland County HighA · 73% proficient
- Narrows HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holly Brook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holly Brook 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 Holly Brook against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Holly Brook
Is Holly Brook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holly Brook ranks 28,381st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, tree cover, and heat safety, and lowest on internet speeds and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Holly Brook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,690. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $59,883 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Holly Brook safe?
Holly Brook is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $325 per resident a year.
Compare Holly Brook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holly Brook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holly Brook 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.
Holly Brook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holly Brook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holly Brook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holly Brook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holly Brook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holly Brook 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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