Best PlacesStaffordsville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Staffordsville, 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.
Staffordsville ranks 22,711th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Staffordsville
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.
Staffordsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Staffordsville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 85% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Staffordsville ranks low
- Short commute40.8 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Staffordsville
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Staffordsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,338, 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 Staffordsville's effective rate of 0.48%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Staffordsville
Staffordsville runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Staffordsville.
Who works in Staffordsville, and how
Work in Staffordsville centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Staffordsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Staffordsville.
What the weather is like in Staffordsville, month by month
Staffordsville sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Staffordsville
The nearest airport, Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field), is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 141 miles away.
The best schools in and around Staffordsville
Schools across Staffordsville average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Macy Mcclaugherty Elementary/middleA− · 59% proficient
- Narrows Elementary/middleA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Narrows HighA− · 63% proficient
- Giles HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Staffordsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Staffordsville 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 Staffordsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Staffordsville
Is Staffordsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Staffordsville ranks 22,711th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a strong job market, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on long commutes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Staffordsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,600. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $62,338 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Staffordsville safe?
Staffordsville is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $403 per resident a year.
Compare Staffordsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Staffordsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Staffordsville 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.
Staffordsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Staffordsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Staffordsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Staffordsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Staffordsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Staffordsville 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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