Best PlacesJaney, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Janey, 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.
Janey ranks 43,123rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Janey
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.
Janey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Janey ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$512 a month, better than 91% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
Where Janey ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$46,552 median, better than only 9% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Janey
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Janey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,552, 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 Janey's effective rate of 0.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Janey
Janey 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 Janey.
Who works in Janey, and how
Work in Janey centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Janey
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Janey.
What the weather is like in Janey, month by month
Janey sees roughly 115 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 Janey
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 151 miles away.
The best schools in and around Janey
Schools across Janey average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Twin Valley Elementary/middleB+ · 53% proficient
- Riverview Elementary/middleB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Grundy HighA− · 63% proficient
- Twin Valley HighB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Janey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Janey 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 Janey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Janey
Is Janey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Janey ranks 43,123rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and affordable childcare, and lowest on a weak job market and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Janey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $82,948. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $46,552 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Janey safe?
Janey is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $378 per resident a year.
Compare Janey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Janey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Janey 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.
Janey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Janey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Janey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Janey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Janey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Janey 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.