Best PlacesStaley Crossroads, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Staley Crossroads, 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.
Staley Crossroads ranks 17,719th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Staley Crossroads
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.
Staley Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Staley Crossroads ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute20.8 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- Cheap childcare$565 a month, better than 83% of towns
Where Staley Crossroads ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Household income$58,927 median, better than only 25% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 27% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Staley Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Staley Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,927, 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 Staley Crossroads' effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Staley Crossroads
Staley Crossroads's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Staley Crossroads.
Who works in Staley Crossroads, and how
Work in Staley Crossroads centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Staley Crossroads
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Staley Crossroads.
What the weather is like in Staley Crossroads, month by month
Staley Crossroads sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Staley Crossroads
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 61 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Staley Crossroads
Schools across Staley Crossroads average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rural Retreat ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rural Retreat MiddleA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Rural Retreat HighA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Staley Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Staley Crossroads 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 Staley Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Staley Crossroads
Is Staley Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Staley Crossroads ranks 17,719th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low disaster risk, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Staley Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,184. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $58,927 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Staley Crossroads safe?
Staley Crossroads is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $291 per resident a year.
Compare Staley Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Staley Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Staley Crossroads 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.
Staley Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Staley Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Staley Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Staley Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Staley Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Staley Crossroads 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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