Best PlacesMeadowview, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Meadowview, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Meadowview ranks 14,509th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Meadowview
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.
Meadowview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Meadowview ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$562 a month, better than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 75% of towns
Where Meadowview ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 38% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Meadowview
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Meadowview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,740, 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 Meadowview's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Meadowview
Meadowview's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Meadowview.
Who works in Meadowview, and how
Work in Meadowview centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Meadowview
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Meadowview.
What the weather is like in Meadowview, month by month
Meadowview sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Meadowview
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Meadowview
Schools across Meadowview average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greendale ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Meadowview ElementaryA · 66% proficient
- Rhea Valley ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Damascus MiddleA+ · 72% proficient
- E.b. Stanley MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Glade Spring MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Holston HighA · 75% proficient
- Abingdon HighA · 75% proficient
- Patrick Henry HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Meadowview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Meadowview 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 Meadowview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Meadowview
Is Meadowview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Meadowview ranks 14,509th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, good schools, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Meadowview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,459. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $73,740 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Meadowview safe?
Meadowview is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 per resident a year.
Compare Meadowview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Meadowview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Meadowview 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.
Meadowview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Meadowview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Meadowview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Meadowview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Meadowview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Meadowview 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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