Best PlacesKerrs Creek, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kerrs Creek, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kerrs Creek ranks 5,612th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kerrs 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.
Kerrs Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kerrs Creek ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
Where Kerrs Creek ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kerrs Creek
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kerrs Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $97,335; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Kerrs Creek's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Kerrs Creek
Kerrs Creek runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kerrs Creek.
Who works in Kerrs Creek, and how
Work in Kerrs Creek centers on education and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Kerrs Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kerrs Creek.
What the weather is like in Kerrs Creek, month by month
Kerrs Creek sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 79° | 70° | 64° |
| October | 63° | 53° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Kerrs Creek
The nearest airport, Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kerrs Creek
Schools across Kerrs Creek average an A−, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Maury River MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Rockbridge County HighA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kerrs Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kerrs 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 Kerrs Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kerrs Creek
Is Kerrs Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kerrs Creek ranks 5,612th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kerrs Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $427,462. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $97,335 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Kerrs Creek safe?
Yes, Kerrs Creek is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare Kerrs Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kerrs Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kerrs 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.
Kerrs Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kerrs Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kerrs Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kerrs Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kerrs Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kerrs 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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