Best PlacesRhoadesville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rhoadesville, 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.
Rhoadesville ranks 7,346th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Rhoadesville
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.
Rhoadesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rhoadesville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$103,217 median, better than 87% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 83% of towns
Where Rhoadesville ranks low
- Short commute44.5 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 34% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 75 pleasant days a year, better than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rhoadesville
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rhoadesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,217, 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 Rhoadesville's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rhoadesville
Rhoadesville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rhoadesville.
Who works in Rhoadesville, and how
Work in Rhoadesville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Rhoadesville
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Rhoadesville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rhoadesville, month by month
Rhoadesville sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Rhoadesville
The nearest airport, Charlottesville-Albemarle, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 51 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rhoadesville
Schools across Rhoadesville average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Locust Grove ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Locust Grove MiddleA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Orange County HighA · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rhoadesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rhoadesville 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 Rhoadesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rhoadesville
Is Rhoadesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rhoadesville ranks 7,346th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on long commutes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rhoadesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $357,961. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $103,217 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Rhoadesville safe?
Yes, Rhoadesville is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
Compare Rhoadesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rhoadesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rhoadesville 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.
Rhoadesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rhoadesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rhoadesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rhoadesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rhoadesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rhoadesville 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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