Best PlacesPlum Point, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plum Point, 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.
Plum Point ranks 2,529th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Plum Point
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.
Plum Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plum Point ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$136,218 median, better than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
Where Plum Point ranks low
- Short commute38.3 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plum Point
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plum Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $136,218, 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 Plum Point's effective rate of 0.61%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Plum Point
Plum Point runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Plum Point.
Who works in Plum Point, and how
Work in Plum Point centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Plum Point
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Plum Point, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Plum Point, month by month
Plum Point sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Plum Point
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 Plum Point
Schools across Plum Point average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Kent ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- King & Queen ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Kent MiddleA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- New Kent HighA · 76% proficient
- Central HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plum Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plum Point 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 Plum Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plum Point
Is Plum Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plum Point ranks 2,529th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and few empty homes, and lowest on long commutes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Plum Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $372,162. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $136,218 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Plum Point safe?
Yes, Plum Point is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $176 per resident a year.
Compare Plum Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plum Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plum Point 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.
Plum Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plum Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plum Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plum Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plum Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plum Point 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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