Best PlacesLincolnia, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lincolnia, 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.
Lincolnia ranks 3,041st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lincolnia
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.
Lincolnia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lincolnia ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
Where Lincolnia ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,512 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lincolnia
A household needs to earn about $178,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lincolnia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $134,798, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Lincolnia's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 Lincolnia
Lincolnia'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 Lincolnia.
Who works in Lincolnia, and how
Work in Lincolnia centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Lincolnia
Lincolnia has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lincolnia and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lincolnia, month by month
Lincolnia sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Lincolnia
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 7 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lincolnia
Schools across Lincolnia average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Springfield Estates ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Belvedere ElementaryA · 64% proficient
- Columbia ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Glasgow MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Holmes MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Key MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Edison HighA− · 66% proficient
- Justice HighA− · 61% proficient
- Annandale HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lincolnia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lincolnia 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 Lincolnia against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Lincolnia suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 86% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 24% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Lincolnia
Is Lincolnia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lincolnia ranks 3,041st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, big-city access, and biking, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lincolnia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $662,397. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $134,798 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Lincolnia safe?
Lincolnia is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $368 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lincolnia?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 30. That works out to about 63 pleasant days a year, more than 13% of towns.
Is Lincolnia good for families?
Schools beat 70% of towns, crime safety beats 50%, and childcare runs $1,512 a month.
Compare Lincolnia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lincolnia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lincolnia 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.
Lincolnia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lincolnia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lincolnia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lincolnia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lincolnia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lincolnia 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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