Best PlacesNorth Anna, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around North Anna, 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.
North Anna ranks 19,086th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on good schools.
The best neighborhoods in North Anna
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.
North Anna's strengths and weaknesses
Where North Anna ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 82% of towns
Where North Anna ranks low
- Short commute43.6 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in North Anna
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median North Anna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,708, 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 North Anna's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 North Anna
North Anna runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for North Anna.
Who works in North Anna, and how
Work in North Anna centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in North Anna
The coast is about 52 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across North Anna, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in North Anna, month by month
North Anna sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of North Anna
Richmond International sits about 29 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 North Anna
Schools across North Anna average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beaverdam ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Madison ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Liberty MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Caroline MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Patrick Henry HighA · 77% proficient
- Caroline HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every North Anna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
North Anna 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 North Anna against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in North Anna
Is North Anna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, North Anna ranks 19,086th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and civic engagement, and lowest on long commutes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is North Anna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $415,997. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $77,708 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is North Anna safe?
North Anna is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $364 per resident a year.
Compare North Anna with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to North Anna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in North Anna 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.
North Anna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for North Anna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in North Anna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of North Anna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in North Anna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
North Anna 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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