Best PlacesIvor, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ivor, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ivor ranks 18,973rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ivor
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.
Ivor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ivor ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 79% of towns
Where Ivor ranks low
- Short commute36.5 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ivor
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ivor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,498, 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 Ivor's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ivor
Ivor 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 Ivor.
Who works in Ivor, and how
Work in Ivor centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Ivor
The coast is about 52 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ivor, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ivor, month by month
Ivor sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 40° | 29° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 46° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Ivor
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ivor
Schools across Ivor average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Windsor ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Hardy ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Nottoway ElementaryA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Georgie D. Tyler MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Westside ElementaryA · 61% proficient
- Luther P. Jackson MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Surry County HighA · 78% proficient
- Windsor HighA · 72% proficient
- Smithfield HighA · 71% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ivor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ivor 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 Ivor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ivor
Is Ivor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ivor ranks 18,973rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on long commutes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ivor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $243,170. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $65,498 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Ivor safe?
Yes, Ivor is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare Ivor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ivor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ivor 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.
Ivor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ivor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ivor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ivor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ivor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ivor 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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