Best PlacesHuddleston, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Huddleston, 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.
Huddleston ranks 24,892nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Huddleston
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.
Huddleston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Huddleston ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
Where Huddleston ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Short commute33.9 minutes each way, better than only 17% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Huddleston
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huddleston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $58,458, 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 Huddleston's effective rate of 0.46%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Huddleston
Huddleston 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 Huddleston.
Who works in Huddleston, and how
Work in Huddleston centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Huddleston
Huddleston has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Huddleston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Huddleston, month by month
Huddleston sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 37° | 26° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 66° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Huddleston
The nearest airport, Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Huddleston
Schools across Huddleston average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Moneta ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Huddleston ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Staunton River MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Staunton River HighB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huddleston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huddleston 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 Huddleston against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Huddleston
Is Huddleston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huddleston ranks 24,892nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and low disaster risk, and lowest on empty homes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Huddleston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $362,809. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $58,458 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Huddleston safe?
Yes, Huddleston is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $246 per resident a year.
Compare Huddleston with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huddleston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huddleston 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.
Huddleston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huddleston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huddleston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huddleston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huddleston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huddleston 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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