Best PlacesNew Bohemia, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Bohemia, 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.
New Bohemia ranks 19,075th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Bohemia
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.
New Bohemia's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Bohemia ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of towns
Where New Bohemia ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Bohemia
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Bohemia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,750, 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 New Bohemia's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in New Bohemia
New Bohemia runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Bohemia.
Who works in New Bohemia, and how
Work in New Bohemia centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in New Bohemia
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Bohemia.
What the weather is like in New Bohemia, month by month
New Bohemia sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 52, 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 | 52° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of New Bohemia
Richmond International sits about 24 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 New Bohemia
Schools across New Bohemia average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- David A. Harrison ElementaryA · 66% proficient
- Middle Road ElementaryA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- J.e.j. Moore MiddleA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Prince George HighA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Bohemia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Bohemia 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 New Bohemia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Bohemia
Is New Bohemia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Bohemia ranks 19,075th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, transit, and few empty homes, 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 New Bohemia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $271,857. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $86,750 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is New Bohemia safe?
New Bohemia is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $387 per resident a year.
Compare New Bohemia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Bohemia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Bohemia 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.
New Bohemia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Bohemia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Bohemia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Bohemia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Bohemia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Bohemia 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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