Best PlacesKing William, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around King William, 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.
King William ranks 8,742nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on what local pay buys.
The best neighborhoods in King William
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.
King William's strengths and weaknesses
Where King William ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of towns
- Household income$97,530 median, better than 83% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of towns
Where King William ranks low
- Short commute37.6 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 25% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in King William
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median King William home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,530, 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 King William's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in King William
King William runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for King William.
Who works in King William, and how
Work in King William centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in King William
The coast is about 36 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across King William, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in King William, month by month
King William sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of King William
Richmond International sits about 19 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 King William
Schools across King William average an A−, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Acquinton ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hamilton Holmes MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- King William HighA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every King William school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
King William 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 King William against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in King William
Is King William a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, King William ranks 8,742nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, big-city access, and few empty homes, 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 King William expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $302,489. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $97,530 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is King William safe?
Yes, King William is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $246 per resident a year.
Compare King William with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to King William. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in King William 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.
King William detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for King William: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in King William: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of King William: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in King William: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
King William 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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