Best PlacesNuttall, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nuttall, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Nuttall ranks 6,748th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Nuttall
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.
Nuttall's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nuttall ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Household income$109,941 median, better than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
Where Nuttall ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute35.4 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nuttall
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nuttall home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,941, 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 Nuttall's effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Nuttall
Nuttall 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 Nuttall.
Who works in Nuttall, and how
Work in Nuttall centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Nuttall
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Nuttall, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Nuttall, month by month
Nuttall sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Nuttall
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around Nuttall
Schools across Nuttall average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Botetourt ElementaryA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Peasley MiddleA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Gloucester HighA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nuttall school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nuttall 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 Nuttall against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nuttall
Is Nuttall a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nuttall ranks 6,748th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and good schools, and lowest on biking and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Nuttall expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $357,668. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $109,941 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Nuttall safe?
Nuttall is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $336 per resident a year.
Compare Nuttall with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nuttall. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nuttall 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.
Nuttall detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nuttall: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nuttall: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nuttall: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nuttall: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nuttall 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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