Best PlacesOldhams, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oldhams, 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.
Oldhams ranks 44,913th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oldhams
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.
Oldhams' strengths and weaknesses
Where Oldhams ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 79% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
Where Oldhams ranks low
- Short commute56.5 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oldhams
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oldhams home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $49,819; 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 Oldhams' effective rate of 0.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Oldhams
Oldhams runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oldhams.
Who works in Oldhams, and how
Work in Oldhams centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Oldhams
The coast is about 18 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Oldhams, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oldhams, month by month
Oldhams sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Oldhams
Richmond International sits about 50 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 Oldhams
Schools across Oldhams average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cople ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Montross MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Westmoreland HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oldhams school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oldhams 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 Oldhams against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oldhams
Is Oldhams a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oldhams ranks 44,913th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, big-city access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on long commutes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oldhams expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,474. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $49,819 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Oldhams safe?
Oldhams is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $550 per resident a year.
Compare Oldhams with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oldhams. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oldhams 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.
Oldhams detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oldhams: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oldhams: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oldhams: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oldhams: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oldhams 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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