Best PlacesSissons Corner, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sissons Corner, 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.
Sissons Corner ranks 41,468th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sissons Corner
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.
Sissons Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sissons Corner ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 78% of towns
Where Sissons Corner ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sissons Corner
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sissons Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,251, 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 Sissons Corner's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sissons Corner
Sissons Corner runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sissons Corner.
Who works in Sissons Corner, and how
Work in Sissons Corner centers on hospitality & food and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sissons Corner
The coast is about 6 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Sissons Corner, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sissons Corner, month by month
Sissons Corner sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Sissons Corner
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sissons Corner
Schools across Sissons Corner average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northumberland ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northumberland MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Northumberland HighB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sissons Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sissons Corner 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 Sissons Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sissons Corner
Is Sissons Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sissons Corner ranks 41,468th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and big-city access, and lowest on a weak job market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sissons Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $196,600. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $50,251 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Sissons Corner safe?
Sissons Corner is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $406 per resident a year.
Compare Sissons Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sissons Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sissons Corner 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.
Sissons Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sissons Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sissons Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sissons Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sissons Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sissons Corner 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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