Best PlacesSingers Glen, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Singers Glen, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Singers Glen ranks 7,891st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Singers Glen
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.
Singers Glen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Singers Glen ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Singers Glen ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 39% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Singers Glen
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Singers Glen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,929, 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 Singers Glen's effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Singers Glen
Singers Glen's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Singers Glen.
Who works in Singers Glen, and how
Work in Singers Glen centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Singers Glen
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Singers Glen.
What the weather is like in Singers Glen, month by month
Singers Glen sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Singers Glen
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Singers Glen
Schools across Singers Glen average a B+, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Linville-edom ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Mountain View ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- John C. Myers ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wilbur S. Pence MiddleA− · 56% proficient
- J. Frank Hillyard MiddleA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Turner Ashby HighA · 77% proficient
- Broadway HighA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Singers Glen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Singers Glen 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 Singers Glen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Singers Glen
Is Singers Glen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Singers Glen ranks 7,891st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and good schools, and lowest on state finances and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Singers Glen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $292,077. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $85,929 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Singers Glen safe?
Yes, Singers Glen is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
Compare Singers Glen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Singers Glen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Singers Glen 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.
Singers Glen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Singers Glen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Singers Glen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Singers Glen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Singers Glen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Singers Glen 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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