Best PlacesQueens Lake, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Queens Lake, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Queens Lake ranks 8,107th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Queens Lake
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.
Queens Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Queens Lake ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
Where Queens Lake ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Queens Lake
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Queens Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $77,880; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Queens Lake's effective rate of 0.28%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Queens Lake
Queens Lake runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Queens Lake.
Who works in Queens Lake, and how
Work in Queens Lake centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Queens Lake
The coast is about 13 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Queens Lake, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Queens Lake, month by month
Queens Lake sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 65° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Queens Lake
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 41 miles away.
The best schools in and around Queens Lake
Schools across Queens Lake average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Waller Mill ElementaryA+ · 80% proficient
- Magruder ElementaryA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Queens Lake MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Bruton HighA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Queens Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Queens Lake 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 Queens Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Queens Lake
Is Queens Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Queens Lake ranks 8,107th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, low property taxes, and good schools, and lowest on noise and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Queens Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $337,900. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $77,880 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Queens Lake safe?
Queens Lake is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Queens Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Queens Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Queens Lake 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.
Queens Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Queens Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Queens Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Queens Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Queens Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Queens Lake 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.