Best PlacesSpout Spring, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spout Spring, 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.
Spout Spring ranks 14,928th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low disaster risk, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Spout Spring
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.
Spout Spring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spout Spring ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 82% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Spout Spring ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spout Spring
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spout Spring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,111, 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 Spout Spring's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spout Spring
Spout Spring runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Spout Spring.
Who works in Spout Spring, and how
Work in Spout Spring centers on public administration and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Spout Spring
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Spout Spring.
What the weather is like in Spout Spring, month by month
Spout Spring sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 37° | 26° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 66° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Spout Spring
The nearest airport, Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spout Spring
Schools across Spout Spring average a B+, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Concord ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rustburg MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- Appomattox MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Appomattox County HighA · 77% proficient
- Rustburg HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spout Spring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spout Spring 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 Spout Spring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spout Spring
Is Spout Spring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spout Spring ranks 14,928th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on state finances and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spout Spring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $238,290. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $78,111 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Spout Spring safe?
Spout Spring is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $333 per resident a year.
Compare Spout Spring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spout Spring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spout Spring 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.
Spout Spring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spout Spring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spout Spring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spout Spring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spout Spring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spout Spring 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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