Best PlacesStokesville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stokesville, 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.
Stokesville ranks 14,617th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Stokesville
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.
Stokesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stokesville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
Where Stokesville ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stokesville
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stokesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,603, 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 Stokesville's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stokesville
Stokesville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stokesville.
Who works in Stokesville, and how
Work in Stokesville centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Stokesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stokesville.
What the weather is like in Stokesville, month by month
Stokesville sees roughly 78 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 Stokesville
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stokesville
Schools across Stokesville average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Churchville ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- North River ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Ottobine ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- S. Gordon Stewart MiddleA · 61% proficient
- Beverley Manor MiddleA · 59% proficient
- Wilbur S. Pence MiddleA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Turner Ashby HighA · 77% proficient
- Buffalo Gap HighA · 73% proficient
- Highland HighA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stokesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stokesville 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 Stokesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stokesville
Is Stokesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stokesville ranks 14,617th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, cheap car insurance, and low disaster risk, and lowest on internet speeds and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stokesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $239,776. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $75,603 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Stokesville safe?
Yes, Stokesville is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $266 per resident a year.
Compare Stokesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stokesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stokesville 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.
Stokesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stokesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stokesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stokesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stokesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stokesville 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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