Best PlacesSeaford, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seaford, 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.
Seaford ranks 1,358th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Seaford
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.
Seaford's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seaford ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$134,817 median, better than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
Where Seaford ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 31% of towns
- Cheap childcare$886 a month, better than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seaford
A household needs to earn about $110,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seaford home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $134,817, 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 Seaford's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Seaford
Seaford runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Seaford.
Who works in Seaford, and how
Work in Seaford centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Seaford
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Seaford, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Seaford, month by month
Seaford sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 40° | 30° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Seaford
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Seaford
Schools across Seaford average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dare ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
- Seaford ElementaryA+ · 79% proficient
Top middle schools
- Yorktown MiddleA+ · 73% proficient
Top high schools
- York HighA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seaford school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seaford 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 Seaford against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seaford
Is Seaford a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seaford ranks 1,358th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, good schools, and civic engagement, and lowest on disaster risk and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seaford expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $427,887. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $134,817 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Seaford safe?
Yes, Seaford is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $174 per resident a year.
Compare Seaford with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seaford. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seaford 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.
Seaford detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seaford: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seaford: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seaford: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seaford: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seaford 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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