Best PlacesSteeles Tavern, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Steeles Tavern, 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.
Steeles Tavern ranks 17,631st 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 Steeles Tavern
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.
Steeles Tavern's strengths and weaknesses
Where Steeles Tavern ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Steeles Tavern ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 34% of towns
- Household income$63,916 median, better than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Steeles Tavern
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Steeles Tavern home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $63,916; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Steeles Tavern's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Steeles Tavern
Steeles Tavern runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Steeles Tavern.
Who works in Steeles Tavern, and how
Work in Steeles Tavern centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Steeles Tavern
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Steeles Tavern.
What the weather is like in Steeles Tavern, month by month
Steeles Tavern sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Steeles Tavern
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Steeles Tavern
Schools across Steeles Tavern average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riverheads ElementaryA · 69% proficient
- Fairfield ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stuarts Draft MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Beverley Manor MiddleA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverheads HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Steeles Tavern school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Steeles Tavern 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 Steeles Tavern against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Steeles Tavern
Is Steeles Tavern a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Steeles Tavern ranks 17,631st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, a strong job market, 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 Steeles Tavern expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,536. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $63,916 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Steeles Tavern safe?
Yes, Steeles Tavern is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $228 per resident a year.
Compare Steeles Tavern with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Steeles Tavern. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Steeles Tavern 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.
Steeles Tavern detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Steeles Tavern: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Steeles Tavern: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Steeles Tavern: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Steeles Tavern: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Steeles Tavern 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.
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