Best PlacesNew Hampden, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Hampden, 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.
New Hampden ranks 24,372nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Hampden
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 Hampden's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Hampden ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
Where New Hampden ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Hampden
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Hampden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,500, 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 Hampden'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 Hampden
New Hampden 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 New Hampden.
Who works in New Hampden, and how
Work in New Hampden centers on construction and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in New Hampden
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Hampden.
What the weather is like in New Hampden, month by month
New Hampden sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 31° | 20° |
| April | 68° | 52° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 70° | 54° | 41° |
Flying in and out of New Hampden
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Hampden
Schools across New Hampden average a B, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Highland ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Green Bank Elementary-middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Highland HighA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Hampden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Hampden 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 Hampden against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Hampden
Is New Hampden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Hampden ranks 24,372nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, cheap car insurance, and quiet, and lowest on cell coverage and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Hampden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,717. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $70,500 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is New Hampden safe?
New Hampden is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $472 per resident a year.
Compare New Hampden with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Hampden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Hampden 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 Hampden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Hampden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Hampden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Hampden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Hampden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Hampden 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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