Best PlacesHome Creek, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Home Creek, 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.
Home Creek ranks 47,724th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Home Creek
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.
Home Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Home Creek ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$512 a month, better than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Home Creek ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$36,657 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Home Creek
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Home Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $36,657, 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 Home Creek's effective rate of 0.35%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Home Creek
Home Creek runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Home Creek.
Who works in Home Creek, and how
Work in Home Creek centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Home Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Home Creek.
What the weather is like in Home Creek, month by month
Home Creek sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 34° | 28° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 44° |
| July | 81° | 72° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Home Creek
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 162 miles away.
The best schools in and around Home Creek
Schools across Home Creek average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riverview Elementary/middleB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Grundy HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Home Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Home Creek 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 Home Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Home Creek
Is Home Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Home Creek ranks 47,724th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Home Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $130,682. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $36,657 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Home Creek safe?
Home Creek is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $489 per resident a year.
Compare Home Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Home Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Home Creek 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.
Home Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Home Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Home Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Home Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Home Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Home Creek 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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