Best PlacesPenvir, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Penvir, 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.
Penvir ranks 31,736th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Penvir
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.
Penvir's strengths and weaknesses
Where Penvir ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 83% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Penvir ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Penvir
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Penvir home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,632, 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 Penvir's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Penvir
Penvir's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Penvir.
Who works in Penvir, and how
Work in Penvir centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Penvir
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Penvir.
What the weather is like in Penvir, month by month
Penvir sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 81° | 71° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Penvir
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 144 miles away.
The best schools in and around Penvir
Schools across Penvir average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Narrows Elementary/middleA− · 55% proficient
- Oakvale SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Narrows HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Penvir school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Penvir 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 Penvir against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Penvir
Is Penvir a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Penvir ranks 31,736th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, tree cover, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Penvir expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,600. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $67,632 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Penvir safe?
Penvir is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $315 per resident a year.
Compare Penvir with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Penvir. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Penvir 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.
Penvir detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Penvir: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Penvir: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Penvir: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Penvir: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Penvir 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.