Best PlacesSkippers, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Skippers, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Skippers ranks 48,481st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Low incomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Skippers
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.
Skippers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Skippers ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
- Cheap childcare$700 a month, better than 66% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 64% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 62% of towns
Where Skippers ranks low
- Household income$41,243 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Skippers
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Skippers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,243, 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 Skippers' effective rate of 0.61%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Skippers
Skippers runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Skippers.
Who works in Skippers, and how
Work in Skippers centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Skippers
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Skippers.
What the weather is like in Skippers, month by month
Skippers sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Skippers
Richmond International sits about 65 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 Skippers
Schools across Skippers average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greensville ElementaryB− · 41% proficient
- Gaston Stem Leadership AcademyF · 7% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edward W. Wyatt MiddleB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Greensville County HighB+ · 52% proficient
- Northampton County High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Skippers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Skippers 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 Skippers against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Skippers
Is Skippers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Skippers ranks 48,481st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, clean air, and affordable childcare, and lowest on low incomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Skippers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $112,523. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $41,243 median income, cost of living beats 5% of towns.
Is Skippers safe?
Skippers is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $492 per resident a year.
Compare Skippers with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Skippers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Skippers 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.
Skippers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Skippers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Skippers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Skippers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Skippers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Skippers 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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