Best PlacesKendall Grove, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kendall Grove, 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.
Kendall Grove ranks 37,195th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kendall Grove
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.
Kendall Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kendall Grove ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 123 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
- Short commute22.1 minutes each way, better than 79% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of towns
Where Kendall Grove ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kendall Grove
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kendall Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,875, 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 Kendall Grove's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Kendall Grove
Kendall Grove 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 Kendall Grove.
Who works in Kendall Grove, and how
Work in Kendall Grove centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Kendall Grove
The coast is about 6 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kendall Grove, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kendall Grove, month by month
Kendall Grove sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 67° | 58° | 50° |
| July | 87° | 79° | 73° |
| October | 71° | 63° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Kendall Grove
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 74 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kendall Grove
Schools across Kendall Grove average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kiptopeke ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northampton MiddleB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Northampton HighA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kendall Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kendall Grove 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 Kendall Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kendall Grove
Is Kendall Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kendall Grove ranks 37,195th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cheap car insurance, and the weather, and lowest on an overheated housing market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kendall Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $369,600. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $66,875 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Kendall Grove safe?
Kendall Grove is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $461 per resident a year.
Compare Kendall Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kendall Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kendall Grove 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.
Kendall Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kendall Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kendall Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kendall Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kendall Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kendall Grove 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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