Best PlacesMeadowbrook, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Meadowbrook, 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.
Meadowbrook ranks 21,567th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Noise pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on biking.
The best neighborhoods in Meadowbrook
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.
Meadowbrook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Meadowbrook ranks high
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where Meadowbrook ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,136 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Meadowbrook
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Meadowbrook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,537, 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 Meadowbrook's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Meadowbrook
Meadowbrook runs younger 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 Meadowbrook.
Who works in Meadowbrook, and how
Work in Meadowbrook centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Meadowbrook
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Meadowbrook.
What the weather is like in Meadowbrook, month by month
Meadowbrook sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Meadowbrook
Richmond International sits about 10 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 Meadowbrook
Schools across Meadowbrook average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- J.g. Hening ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Beulah ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Hopkins Road ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Salem Church MiddleB− · 43% proficient
- Falling Creek MiddleC+ · 39% proficient
- River City MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Lloyd C. Bird HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Meadowbrook HighB− · 41% proficient
- George Wythe HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Meadowbrook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Meadowbrook 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 Meadowbrook against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Meadowbrook suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 73% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 16% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Meadowbrook
Is Meadowbrook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Meadowbrook ranks 21,567th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, transit, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Meadowbrook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $292,770. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $84,537 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Meadowbrook safe?
Meadowbrook is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $479 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Meadowbrook?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 51 with lows near 27. That works out to about 82 pleasant days a year, more than 49% of towns.
Is Meadowbrook good for families?
Schools beat 49% of towns, crime safety beats 17%, and childcare runs $1,136 a month.
Compare Meadowbrook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Meadowbrook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Meadowbrook 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.
Meadowbrook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Meadowbrook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Meadowbrook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Meadowbrook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Meadowbrook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Meadowbrook 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.