Best PlacesSudley, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sudley, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sudley ranks 19,171st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sudley
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.
Sudley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sudley ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
Where Sudley ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,334 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sudley
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sudley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $92,727, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Sudley's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sudley
Sudley runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sudley.
Who works in Sudley, and how
Work in Sudley centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Sudley
Sudley has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 87% of towns. The coast is about 24 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sudley and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sudley, month by month
Sudley sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 34° | 23° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Sudley
Washington Dulles International sits about 11 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 13.9 million passengers in 2025, with 200 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Sudley
Schools across Sudley average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bull Run ElementaryA · 69% proficient
- George G. Tyler ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Loch Lomond ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bull Run MiddleA · 67% proficient
- Liberty MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Stone MiddleA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Battlefield HighA+ · 83% proficient
- Centreville HighA+ · 82% proficient
- Westfield HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sudley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sudley 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 Sudley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sudley
Is Sudley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sudley ranks 19,171st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, biking, and big-city access, and lowest on civic engagement and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sudley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $421,902. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $92,727 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Sudley safe?
Sudley is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Sudley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sudley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sudley 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.
Sudley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sudley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sudley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sudley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sudley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sudley 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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