Best PlacesPrince George County, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Prince George County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Prince George County ranks 708th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Prince George County
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.
The best areas in Prince George County
The parts of Prince George County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Hopewell
Petersburg
Fewer homes sit empty and tree cover is thicker.
Prince George
Local pay stretches further, though it is noisier.
Disputanta
Fort Lee & Kenwood
Incomes run lower and fewer residents vote.
Scores across Prince George County run from about the 7th to the 87th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Prince George County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prince George County ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 97% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of counties
- Household income$84,820 median, better than 82% of counties
Where Prince George County ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 7% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 15% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 20% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Prince George County
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prince George County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,820, 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 Prince George County's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Prince George County
Prince George County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Prince George County.
Who works in Prince George County, and how
Work in Prince George County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Prince George County
Prince George County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Prince George County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Prince George County growing, and who is moving in?
Prince George County has grown about 16% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Richmond, VA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Prince George County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Prince George County, month by month
Prince George County sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Prince George County
Richmond International sits about 20 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 Prince George County
Schools across Prince George County average an A, better than 97% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- L.l. Beazley ElementaryA+ · 76% proficient
- South ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- David A. Harrison ElementaryA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- J.e.j. Moore MiddleA · 63% proficient
- Carter G. Woodson MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Vernon Johns MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Prince George HighA · 75% proficient
- Hopewell HighB · 48% proficient
- Petersburg HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prince George County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prince George County 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 Prince George County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Prince George County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 84% of counties and 10% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Prince George County
Is Prince George County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prince George County ranks 708th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on walkability and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prince George County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $294,503. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $84,820 median income, cost of living beats 84% of counties.
Is Prince George County safe?
Prince George County is safer than 51% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $354 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Prince George County?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 52 with lows near 27. That works out to about 63 pleasant days a year, more than 9% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Prince George County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Hopewell, Petersburg, and Prince George. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Prince George County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prince George County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prince George County 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.
Prince George County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prince George County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prince George County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prince George County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prince George County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prince George County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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