Best PlacesSpotsylvania Courthouse, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spotsylvania Courthouse, 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.
Spotsylvania Courthouse ranks 6,096th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Spotsylvania Courthouse
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.
Spotsylvania Courthouse's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spotsylvania Courthouse ranks high
- Household income$131,461 median, better than 95% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
Where Spotsylvania Courthouse ranks low
- Short commute40.5 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of towns
- Cheap childcare$945 a month, better than only 31% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spotsylvania Courthouse
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spotsylvania Courthouse home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $131,461, 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 Spotsylvania Courthouse'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 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 Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse'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 Spotsylvania Courthouse.
Who works in Spotsylvania Courthouse, and how
Work in Spotsylvania Courthouse centers on public administration and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Spotsylvania Courthouse
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Spotsylvania Courthouse, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spotsylvania Courthouse, month by month
Spotsylvania Courthouse sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, 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 | 48° | 38° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Spotsylvania Courthouse
The nearest airport, Charlottesville-Albemarle, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 51 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spotsylvania Courthouse
Schools across Spotsylvania Courthouse average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chancellor ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Brock Road ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Spotsylvania ElementaryA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ni River MiddleA+ · 71% proficient
- Spotsylvania MiddleA · 60% proficient
- Locust Grove MiddleA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverbend HighA · 75% proficient
- Eastern View HighA · 70% proficient
- Massaponax HighA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spotsylvania Courthouse school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spotsylvania Courthouse 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 Spotsylvania Courthouse against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spotsylvania Courthouse
Is Spotsylvania Courthouse a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spotsylvania Courthouse ranks 6,096th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, few empty homes, and good schools, and lowest on long commutes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spotsylvania Courthouse expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $430,414. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $131,461 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Spotsylvania Courthouse safe?
Spotsylvania Courthouse is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare Spotsylvania Courthouse with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spotsylvania Courthouse. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spotsylvania Courthouse 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.
Spotsylvania Courthouse detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spotsylvania Courthouse: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spotsylvania Courthouse: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spotsylvania Courthouse: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spotsylvania Courthouse: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spotsylvania Courthouse 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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