Best PlacesLittle Plymouth, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Little Plymouth, 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.
Little Plymouth ranks 33,601st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Little Plymouth
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.
Little Plymouth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Little Plymouth ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Little Plymouth ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute36.3 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Little Plymouth
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Little Plymouth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,596, 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 Little Plymouth's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Little Plymouth
Little Plymouth runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Little Plymouth.
Who works in Little Plymouth, and how
Work in Little Plymouth centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Little Plymouth
The coast is about 23 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Little Plymouth, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Little Plymouth, month by month
Little Plymouth sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Little Plymouth
Richmond International sits about 30 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 Little Plymouth
Schools across Little Plymouth average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- King & Queen ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Central HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Little Plymouth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Little Plymouth 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 Little Plymouth against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Little Plymouth
Is Little Plymouth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Little Plymouth ranks 33,601st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, cheap car insurance, and big-city access, and lowest on disaster risk and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Little Plymouth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $224,340. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $66,596 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Little Plymouth safe?
Little Plymouth is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $406 per resident a year.
Compare Little Plymouth with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Little Plymouth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Little Plymouth 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.
Little Plymouth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Little Plymouth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Little Plymouth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Little Plymouth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Little Plymouth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Little Plymouth 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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