Best PlacesManakin-Sabot, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Manakin-Sabot, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Manakin-Sabot ranks 636th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Manakin-Sabot
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.
Manakin-Sabot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Manakin-Sabot ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
Where Manakin-Sabot ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,126 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Manakin-Sabot
A household needs to earn about $145,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Manakin-Sabot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $134,059; 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 Manakin-Sabot's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Manakin-Sabot
Manakin-Sabot 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 Manakin-Sabot.
Who works in Manakin-Sabot, and how
Work in Manakin-Sabot centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Manakin-Sabot
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Manakin-Sabot.
What the weather is like in Manakin-Sabot, month by month
Manakin-Sabot sees roughly 61 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 Manakin-Sabot
Richmond International sits about 24 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 Manakin-Sabot
Schools across Manakin-Sabot average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gayton ElementaryA+ · 88% proficient
- David A. Kaechele ElementaryA+ · 83% proficient
- Bettie Weaver ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tuckahoe MiddleA+ · 74% proficient
- Short Pump MiddleA+ · 72% proficient
- Pocahontas MiddleA+ · 72% proficient
Top high schools
- Deep Run HighA+ · 83% proficient
- Mills E. Godwin HighA+ · 80% proficient
- Patrick Henry HighA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Manakin-Sabot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Manakin-Sabot 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 Manakin-Sabot against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Manakin-Sabot
Is Manakin-Sabot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Manakin-Sabot ranks 636th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Manakin-Sabot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $575,232. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $134,059 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Manakin-Sabot safe?
Yes, Manakin-Sabot is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $193 per resident a year.
Compare Manakin-Sabot with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Manakin-Sabot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Manakin-Sabot 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.
Manakin-Sabot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Manakin-Sabot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Manakin-Sabot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Manakin-Sabot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Manakin-Sabot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Manakin-Sabot 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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