Best PlacesLorne, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lorne, 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.
Lorne ranks 19,288th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Internet speeds pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Lorne
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.
Lorne's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lorne ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 77% of towns
Where Lorne ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Short commute35.9 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lorne
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lorne home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,883, 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 Lorne's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Lorne
Lorne runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lorne.
Who works in Lorne, and how
Work in Lorne centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lorne
The coast is about 47 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lorne, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lorne, month by month
Lorne sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Lorne
Richmond International sits about 25 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 Lorne
Schools across Lorne average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bowling Green ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caroline MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Caroline HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lorne school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lorne 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 Lorne against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lorne
Is Lorne a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lorne ranks 19,288th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, big-city access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on internet speeds and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lorne expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,846. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $81,883 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Lorne safe?
Yes, Lorne is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
Compare Lorne with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lorne. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lorne 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.
Lorne detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lorne: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lorne: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lorne: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lorne: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lorne 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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