Best PlacesNew Market, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Market, 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 Market ranks 14,495th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Market
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 Market's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Market ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
Where New Market ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 73 pleasant days a year, better than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Market
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Market home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $70,951; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Market's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 New Market
New Market 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 Market.
Who works in New Market, and how
Work in New Market centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in New Market
New Market has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of New Market and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Market, month by month
New Market sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 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 | 89° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of New Market
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Market
Schools across New Market average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Honey Run ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- Lacey Spring ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Plains ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- J. Frank Hillyard MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- North Fork MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Broadway HighA · 72% proficient
- Mountain View HighB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Market school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Market 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 Market against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Market
Is New Market a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Market ranks 14,495th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low crime, and walkability, 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 New Market expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $289,594. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $70,951 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is New Market safe?
Yes, New Market is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $194 per resident a year.
Compare New Market with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Market. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Market 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 Market detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Market: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Market: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Market: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Market: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Market 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.