Best PlacesLake Holiday, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Holiday, 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.
Lake Holiday ranks 1,505th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Holiday
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.
Lake Holiday's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Holiday ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
Where Lake Holiday ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Short commute32.8 minutes each way, better than only 21% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 24% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 33% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Holiday
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Holiday home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $112,396, 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 Lake Holiday's effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lake Holiday
Lake Holiday runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lake Holiday.
Who works in Lake Holiday, and how
Work in Lake Holiday centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Lake Holiday
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Holiday.
What the weather is like in Lake Holiday, month by month
Lake Holiday sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Lake Holiday
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake Holiday
Schools across Lake Holiday average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gainesboro ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Frederick County MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- James Wood HighA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Holiday school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Holiday 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 Lake Holiday against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Holiday
Is Lake Holiday a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Holiday ranks 1,505th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, a strong job market, and few empty homes, and lowest on state finances and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Holiday expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $396,000. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $112,396 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Lake Holiday safe?
Yes, Lake Holiday is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $118 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Holiday with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Holiday. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Holiday 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.
Lake Holiday detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Holiday: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Holiday: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Holiday: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Holiday: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Holiday 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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