Best PlacesShumansville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shumansville, 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.
Shumansville ranks 17,715th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Shumansville
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.
Shumansville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shumansville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$95,776 median, better than 82% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 80% of towns
Where Shumansville ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute41.4 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shumansville
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shumansville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,776, 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 Shumansville's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Shumansville
Shumansville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shumansville.
Who works in Shumansville, and how
Work in Shumansville centers on public administration and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Shumansville
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Shumansville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Shumansville, month by month
Shumansville sees roughly 62 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 Shumansville
Richmond International sits about 29 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 Shumansville
Schools across Shumansville average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bowling Green ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caroline MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Caroline HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shumansville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shumansville 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 Shumansville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shumansville
Is Shumansville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shumansville ranks 17,715th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, big-city access, and low property taxes, and lowest on internet speeds and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shumansville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $303,903. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $95,776 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Shumansville safe?
Shumansville is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $317 per resident a year.
Compare Shumansville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shumansville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shumansville 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.
Shumansville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shumansville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shumansville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shumansville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shumansville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shumansville 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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