Best PlacesRuby, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ruby, 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.
Ruby ranks 9,844th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ruby
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.
Ruby's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ruby ranks high
- Short commute11.4 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Household income$151,480 median, better than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
Where Ruby ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
Who lives in Ruby
Ruby runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ruby.
Who works in Ruby, and how
Work in Ruby centers on education and other services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 26%
- Work from home 38%
- Transit, walk, or bike 36%
Life in Ruby
The coast is about 20 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ruby, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ruby, month by month
Ruby sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 73° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Ruby
Washington Dulles International sits about 28 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 13.9 million passengers in 2025, with 200 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ruby
Schools across Ruby average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rockhill ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
- Kate Waller Barrett ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- H.m. Pearson ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Andrew G. Wright MiddleA · 60% proficient
- H.h. Poole MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Cedar Lee MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Mountain View HighA · 77% proficient
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighA · 77% proficient
- North Stafford HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ruby school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ruby 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 Ruby against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ruby
Is Ruby a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ruby ranks 9,844th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on thin health care access and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ruby safe?
Ruby is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $570 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ruby?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 48 with lows near 28. That works out to about 79 pleasant days a year, more than 44% of towns.
Compare Ruby with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ruby. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ruby 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.
Ruby detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ruby: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ruby: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ruby: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ruby: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ruby 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.
- 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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