Best PlacesMack Creek Village, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mack Creek Village, 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.
Mack Creek Village ranks 35,415th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mack Creek Village
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.
Mack Creek Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mack Creek Village ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Mack Creek Village ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$45,117 median, better than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mack Creek Village
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mack Creek Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,117, 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 Mack Creek Village'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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mack Creek Village
Mack Creek Village 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 Mack Creek Village.
Who works in Mack Creek Village, and how
Work in Mack Creek Village centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mack Creek Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mack Creek Village.
What the weather is like in Mack Creek Village, month by month
Mack Creek Village sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Mack Creek Village
The nearest airport, Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field), is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mack Creek Village
Schools across Mack Creek Village average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Snowville ElementaryA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pulaski County MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Pulaski County Senior HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mack Creek Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mack Creek Village 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 Mack Creek Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mack Creek Village
Is Mack Creek Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mack Creek Village ranks 35,415th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low disaster risk, and tree cover, and lowest on internet speeds and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mack Creek Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,993. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $45,117 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Mack Creek Village safe?
Mack Creek Village is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
Compare Mack Creek Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mack Creek Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mack Creek Village 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.
Mack Creek Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mack Creek Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mack Creek Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mack Creek Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mack Creek Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mack Creek Village 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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