Best PlacesStony Creek, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stony Creek, 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.
Stony Creek ranks 32,171st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stony Creek
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.
Stony Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stony Creek ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 71% of towns
Where Stony Creek ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stony Creek
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stony Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,462, 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 Stony Creek's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stony Creek
Stony Creek runs older than the country, 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 Stony Creek.
Who works in Stony Creek, and how
Work in Stony Creek centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Stony Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stony Creek.
What the weather is like in Stony Creek, month by month
Stony Creek sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Stony Creek
Richmond International sits about 41 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.5 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Stony Creek
Schools across Stony Creek average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sunnyside ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Sussex Central ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dinwiddie County MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Sussex Central MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Dinwiddie County HighA− · 59% proficient
- Sussex Central HighB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stony Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stony Creek 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 Stony Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stony Creek
Is Stony Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stony Creek ranks 32,171st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cheap car insurance, and low property taxes, and lowest on crime and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stony Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,358. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $77,462 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Stony Creek safe?
Stony Creek is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $636 per resident a year.
Compare Stony Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stony Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stony Creek 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.
Stony Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stony Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stony Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stony Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stony Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stony Creek 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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