Best PlacesMadison Run, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Madison Run, 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.
Madison Run ranks 27,407th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on good schools.
The best neighborhoods in Madison Run
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.
Madison Run's strengths and weaknesses
Where Madison Run ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 72% of towns
Where Madison Run ranks low
- Short commute39.2 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Madison Run
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Madison Run home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $65,049; 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 Madison Run's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Madison Run
Madison Run runs younger 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 Madison Run.
Who works in Madison Run, and how
Work in Madison Run centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Madison Run
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Madison Run.
What the weather is like in Madison Run, month by month
Madison Run sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Madison Run
The nearest airport, Charlottesville-Albemarle, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Madison Run
Schools across Madison Run average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gordon-barbour ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Orange ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Prospect Heights MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Orange County HighA · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Madison Run school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Madison Run 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 Madison Run against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Madison Run
Is Madison Run a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Madison Run ranks 27,407th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and tree cover, and lowest on long commutes 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 Madison Run expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $281,678. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $65,049 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Madison Run safe?
Yes, Madison Run is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $273 per resident a year.
Compare Madison Run with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Madison Run. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Madison Run 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.
Madison Run detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Madison Run: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Madison Run: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Madison Run: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Madison Run: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Madison Run 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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