Best PlacesKidds Fork, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kidds Fork, 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.
Kidds Fork ranks 5,946th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kidds Fork
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.
Kidds Fork's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kidds Fork ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute13.3 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Household income$113,031 median, better than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
Where Kidds Fork ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kidds Fork
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kidds Fork home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,031, 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 Kidds Fork's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Kidds Fork
Kidds Fork runs younger 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 Kidds Fork.
Who works in Kidds Fork, and how
Work in Kidds Fork centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 28%
Life in Kidds Fork
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kidds Fork, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kidds Fork, month by month
Kidds Fork sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, 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 | 48° | 38° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Kidds Fork
Richmond International sits about 42 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.5 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kidds Fork
Schools across Kidds Fork average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bowling Green ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caroline MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Caroline HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kidds Fork school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kidds Fork 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 Kidds Fork against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kidds Fork
Is Kidds Fork a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kidds Fork ranks 5,946th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, short commutes, and high incomes, and lowest on biking and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kidds Fork expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $337,500. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $113,031 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Kidds Fork safe?
Kidds Fork is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $694 per resident a year.
Compare Kidds Fork with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kidds Fork. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kidds Fork 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.
Kidds Fork detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kidds Fork: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kidds Fork: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kidds Fork: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kidds Fork: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kidds Fork 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.
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