Best PlacesOilville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oilville, 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.
Oilville ranks 2,812th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oilville
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.
Oilville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oilville ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
Where Oilville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,126 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oilville
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oilville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $103,437; 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 Oilville's effective rate of 0.38%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Oilville
Oilville 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 Oilville.
Who works in Oilville, and how
Work in Oilville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Oilville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oilville.
What the weather is like in Oilville, month by month
Oilville 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 Oilville
Richmond International sits about 28 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 Oilville
Schools across Oilville average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Randolph ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Jouett ElementaryA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Short Pump MiddleA+ · 72% proficient
- Louisa County MiddleA+ · 69% proficient
- Goochland MiddleA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Louisa County HighA+ · 85% proficient
- Deep Run HighA+ · 83% proficient
- Goochland HighA · 71% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oilville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oilville 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 Oilville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oilville
Is Oilville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oilville ranks 2,812th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and good schools, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oilville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $460,368. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $103,437 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Oilville safe?
Yes, Oilville is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $283 per resident a year.
Compare Oilville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oilville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oilville 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.
Oilville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oilville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oilville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oilville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oilville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oilville 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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