Best PlacesPeach Bottom, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peach Bottom, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Peach Bottom ranks 32,640th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Peach Bottom
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.
Peach Bottom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peach Bottom ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$512 a month, better than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
Where Peach Bottom ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Household income$50,087 median, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peach Bottom
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peach Bottom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,087, 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 Peach Bottom's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Peach Bottom
Peach Bottom 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 Peach Bottom.
Who works in Peach Bottom, and how
Work in Peach Bottom centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Peach Bottom
Peach Bottom has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Peach Bottom and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Peach Bottom, month by month
Peach Bottom sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 66° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Peach Bottom
The nearest airport, Piedmont Triad International, is about 72 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Peach Bottom
Schools across Peach Bottom average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Independence ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Glade Creek ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Independence MiddleA+ · 69% proficient
Top high schools
- Grayson County HighA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peach Bottom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peach Bottom 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 Peach Bottom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peach Bottom
Is Peach Bottom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peach Bottom ranks 32,640th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on civic engagement and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Peach Bottom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,246. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $50,087 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Peach Bottom safe?
Peach Bottom is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $453 per resident a year.
Compare Peach Bottom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peach Bottom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peach Bottom 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.
Peach Bottom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peach Bottom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peach Bottom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peach Bottom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peach Bottom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peach Bottom 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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