Best PlacesLakeside Village, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lakeside Village, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lakeside Village ranks 13,410th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on civic engagement.
The best neighborhoods in Lakeside Village
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.
Lakeside Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lakeside Village ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 81% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Lakeside Village ranks low
- Short commute37.6 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lakeside Village
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lakeside Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,650, 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 Lakeside Village's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lakeside Village
Lakeside Village runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lakeside Village.
Who works in Lakeside Village, and how
Work in Lakeside Village centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lakeside Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lakeside Village.
What the weather is like in Lakeside Village, month by month
Lakeside Village sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 27° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 75° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Lakeside Village
The nearest airport, Charlottesville-Albemarle, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 45 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lakeside Village
Schools across Lakeside Village average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cumberland ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cumberland MiddleB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Cumberland HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lakeside Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lakeside Village 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 Lakeside Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lakeside Village
Is Lakeside Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lakeside Village ranks 13,410th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, quiet, and tree cover, and lowest on long commutes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lakeside Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $247,600. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $75,650 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Lakeside Village safe?
Yes, Lakeside Village is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $213 per resident a year.
Compare Lakeside Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lakeside Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lakeside Village 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.
Lakeside Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lakeside Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lakeside Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lakeside Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lakeside Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lakeside Village 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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