Best PlacesPatrick Springs, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Patrick Springs, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Patrick Springs ranks 16,778th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Patrick Springs
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.
Patrick Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Patrick Springs ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Patrick Springs ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 20% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 23% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 28% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Patrick Springs
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Patrick Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,788, 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 Patrick Springs' effective rate of 0.61%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Patrick Springs
Patrick Springs 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 Patrick Springs.
Who works in Patrick Springs, and how
Work in Patrick Springs centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Patrick Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Patrick Springs.
What the weather is like in Patrick Springs, month by month
Patrick Springs sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 36° | 25° |
| April | 73° | 57° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Patrick Springs
The nearest airport, Piedmont Triad International, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around Patrick Springs
Schools across Patrick Springs average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stuart ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Woolwine ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Patrick Springs PrimaryA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hardin Reynolds Memorial SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Fieldale-collinsville MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Patrick County HighA · 68% proficient
- Bassett HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Patrick Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Patrick Springs 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 Patrick Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Patrick Springs
Is Patrick Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Patrick Springs ranks 16,778th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, a stable housing market, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on state finances and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Patrick Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,682. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $69,788 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Patrick Springs safe?
Yes, Patrick Springs is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare Patrick Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Patrick Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Patrick Springs 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.
Patrick Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Patrick Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Patrick Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Patrick Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Patrick Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Patrick Springs 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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