Best PlacesSnow Hill, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Snow Hill, 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.
Snow Hill ranks 37,010th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Snow Hill
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.
Snow Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Snow Hill ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
Where Snow Hill ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Snow Hill
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Snow Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,283, 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 Snow Hill's effective rate of 0.37%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Snow Hill
Snow Hill 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 Snow Hill.
Who works in Snow Hill, and how
Work in Snow Hill centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Snow Hill
The coast is about 20 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Snow Hill, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Snow Hill, month by month
Snow Hill sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 49, 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 | 49° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Snow Hill
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 31 miles away.
The best schools in and around Snow Hill
Schools across Snow Hill average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- King & Queen ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Central HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Snow Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Snow Hill 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 Snow Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Snow Hill
Is Snow Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Snow Hill ranks 37,010th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, cheap car insurance, and tree cover, and lowest on disaster risk and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Snow Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,543. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $57,283 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Snow Hill safe?
Snow Hill is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $396 per resident a year.
Compare Snow Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Snow Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Snow Hill 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.
Snow Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Snow Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Snow Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Snow Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Snow Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Snow Hill 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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