Best PlacesLeedstown, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leedstown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Leedstown ranks 33,456th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Leedstown
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.
Leedstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leedstown ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 71% of towns
Where Leedstown ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 18% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leedstown
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leedstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,814, 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 Leedstown's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Leedstown
Leedstown's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Leedstown.
Who works in Leedstown, and how
Work in Leedstown centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Leedstown
The coast is about 15 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Leedstown, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Leedstown, month by month
Leedstown sees roughly 71 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 Leedstown
Richmond International sits about 47 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 Leedstown
Schools across Leedstown average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tappahannock ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Washington District ElementaryC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Montross MiddleB · 45% proficient
- James H. Cary IntermediateC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Westmoreland HighB+ · 52% proficient
- Essex HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leedstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leedstown 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 Leedstown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leedstown
Is Leedstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leedstown ranks 33,456th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, quiet, and a strong job market, and lowest on education levels and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leedstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,485. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $69,814 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Leedstown safe?
Leedstown is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $446 per resident a year.
Compare Leedstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leedstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leedstown 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.
Leedstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leedstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leedstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leedstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leedstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leedstown 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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