Best PlacesLowesville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lowesville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lowesville ranks 32,091st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lowesville
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.
Lowesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lowesville ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Lowesville ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lowesville
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lowesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $68,337; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Lowesville's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 Lowesville
Lowesville'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 Lowesville.
Who works in Lowesville, and how
Work in Lowesville centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lowesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lowesville.
What the weather is like in Lowesville, month by month
Lowesville sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 37° | 26° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 66° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Lowesville
The nearest airport, Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lowesville
Schools across Lowesville average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Temperance ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Tye River ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nelson MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- Amherst MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Amherst County HighA− · 63% proficient
- Nelson County HighA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lowesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lowesville 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 Lowesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lowesville
Is Lowesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lowesville ranks 32,091st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, cheap car insurance, and low property taxes, and lowest on crime and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lowesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $299,810. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $68,337 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Lowesville safe?
Lowesville is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $604 per resident a year.
Compare Lowesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lowesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lowesville 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.
Lowesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lowesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lowesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lowesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lowesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lowesville 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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