Best PlacesMine Run, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mine Run, 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.
Mine Run ranks 6,061st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mine Run
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.
Mine Run's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mine Run ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$110,398 median, better than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
Where Mine Run ranks low
- Short commute45.1 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 30% of towns
- Cheap childcare$924 a month, better than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mine Run
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mine Run home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $110,398, 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 Mine Run's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mine Run
Mine Run 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 Mine Run.
Who works in Mine Run, and how
Work in Mine Run centers on retail trade and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Mine Run
The coast is about 47 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Mine Run, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mine Run, month by month
Mine Run sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Mine Run
The nearest airport, Charlottesville-Albemarle, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mine Run
Schools across Mine Run average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brock Road ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Livingston ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Locust Grove MiddleA · 59% proficient
- Post Oak MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Orange County HighA · 67% proficient
- Spotsylvania HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mine Run school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mine Run 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 Mine Run against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mine Run
Is Mine Run a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mine Run ranks 6,061st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mine Run expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $343,872. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $110,398 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Mine Run safe?
Yes, Mine Run is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.
Compare Mine Run with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mine Run. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mine Run 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.
Mine Run detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mine Run: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mine Run: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mine Run: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mine Run: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mine Run 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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