Best PlacesRound Bottom, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Round Bottom, 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.
Round Bottom ranks 19,483rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Round Bottom
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.
Round Bottom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Round Bottom ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
Where Round Bottom ranks low
- Household income$37,841 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 5% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Round Bottom
A household needs to earn about $17,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Round Bottom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $37,841, 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 Round Bottom's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Round Bottom
Round Bottom runs older than the country, 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 Round Bottom.
Who works in Round Bottom, and how
Work in Round Bottom centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Round Bottom
Round Bottom has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Round Bottom and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Round Bottom, month by month
Round Bottom sees roughly 100 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 Round Bottom
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 142 miles away.
The best schools in and around Round Bottom
Schools across Round Bottom average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bland County ElementaryA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Bland County HighA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Round Bottom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Round Bottom 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 Round Bottom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Round Bottom
Is Round Bottom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Round Bottom ranks 19,483rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, a strong job market, and heat safety, and lowest on low incomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Round Bottom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $68,500. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $37,841 median income, cost of living beats 5% of towns.
Is Round Bottom safe?
Yes, Round Bottom is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $87 per resident a year.
Compare Round Bottom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Round Bottom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Round Bottom 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.
Round Bottom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Round Bottom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Round Bottom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Round Bottom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Round Bottom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Round Bottom 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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