Best PlacesMaple Grove, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maple Grove, 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.
Maple Grove ranks 19,004th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Maple Grove
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.
Maple Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maple Grove ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of towns
- Household income$87,749 median, better than 74% of towns
Where Maple Grove ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maple Grove
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maple Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,749, 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 Maple Grove'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 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 Maple Grove
Maple Grove runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maple Grove.
Who works in Maple Grove, and how
Work in Maple Grove centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Maple Grove
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Maple Grove, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Maple Grove, month by month
Maple Grove sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Maple Grove
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 42 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Maple Grove
Schools across Maple Grove average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- King George ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
- Washington District ElementaryC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- King George MiddleA · 60% proficient
- Montross MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- King George HighA− · 65% proficient
- Westmoreland HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maple Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maple Grove 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 Maple Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maple Grove
Is Maple Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maple Grove ranks 19,004th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, a strong job market, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on disaster risk and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maple Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $305,065. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $87,749 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Maple Grove safe?
Maple Grove is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $349 per resident a year.
Compare Maple Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maple Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maple Grove 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.
Maple Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maple Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maple Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maple Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maple Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maple Grove 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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