Best PlacesMoon, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moon, 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.
Moon ranks 14,508th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Moon
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.
Moon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moon ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
Where Moon ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moon
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $69,087, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Moon's effective rate of 0.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Moon
Moon runs older 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 Moon.
Who works in Moon, and how
Work in Moon centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Moon
The coast is about 7 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Moon, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Moon, month by month
Moon sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 67° | 58° | 50° |
| July | 87° | 79° | 73° |
| October | 71° | 63° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Moon
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Moon
Schools across Moon average an A−, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mathews ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thomas Hunter MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Mathews HighA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moon 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 Moon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moon
Is Moon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moon ranks 14,508th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, cheap car insurance, and a strong job market, and lowest on disaster risk and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $375,000. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $69,087 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Moon safe?
Yes, Moon is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $261 per resident a year.
Compare Moon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moon 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.
Moon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moon 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.