Best PlacesSabot, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sabot, 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.
Sabot ranks 954th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sabot
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.
Sabot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sabot ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
Where Sabot ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,126 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sabot
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sabot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $111,955, 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 Sabot's effective rate of 0.38%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sabot
Sabot runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sabot.
Who works in Sabot, and how
Work in Sabot centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sabot
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sabot.
What the weather is like in Sabot, month by month
Sabot sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Sabot
Richmond International sits about 27 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 Sabot
Schools across Sabot average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bettie Weaver ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
- Randolph ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Flat Rock ElementaryA · 64% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pocahontas MiddleA+ · 72% proficient
- Goochland MiddleA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Powhatan HighA · 73% proficient
- James River HighA · 71% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sabot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sabot 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 Sabot against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sabot
Is Sabot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sabot ranks 954th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, civic engagement, and few empty homes, and lowest on a weak job market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sabot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $419,700. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $111,955 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Sabot safe?
Yes, Sabot is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $118 per resident a year.
Compare Sabot with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sabot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sabot 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.
Sabot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sabot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sabot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sabot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sabot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sabot 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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