Best PlacesMartinsville City, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Martinsville City, 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.
Martinsville City ranks 2,274th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Low incomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Martinsville City
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.
Martinsville City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Martinsville City ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 90% of counties
- Cheap childcare$513 a month, better than 88% of counties
- TransitBetter than 83% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of counties
Where Martinsville City ranks low
- Household income$48,751 median, better than only 7% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 15% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Martinsville City
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Martinsville City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,751, 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 Martinsville City's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Martinsville City
Martinsville City 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 Martinsville City.
Who works in Martinsville City, and how
Work in Martinsville City centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Martinsville City
Martinsville City has more parkland per resident than 68% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Martinsville City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Martinsville City growing, and who is moving in?
Martinsville City has grown about 4% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Henry County, VA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Martinsville City go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Martinsville City, month by month
Martinsville City sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 36° | 25° |
| April | 73° | 57° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Martinsville City
The nearest airport, Piedmont Triad International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Martinsville City
Schools across Martinsville City average a C+, better than 48% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Patrick Henry ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Albert Harris ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Martinsville MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Martinsville HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Martinsville City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Martinsville City 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 Martinsville City against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Martinsville City
Is Martinsville City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Martinsville City ranks 2,274th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and transit, and lowest on low incomes and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Martinsville City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $102,847. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $48,751 median income, cost of living beats 11% of counties.
Is Martinsville City safe?
Martinsville City is safer than 30% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $445 per resident a year.
Compare Martinsville City with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Martinsville City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Martinsville City 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.
Martinsville City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Martinsville City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Martinsville City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Martinsville City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Martinsville City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Martinsville City 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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