Best PlacesSutherland, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sutherland, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sutherland ranks 10,214th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sutherland
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.
Sutherland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sutherland ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$104,174 median, better than 87% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 79% of towns
Where Sutherland ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sutherland
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sutherland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,174, 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 Sutherland's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Sutherland
Sutherland runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sutherland.
Who works in Sutherland, and how
Work in Sutherland centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Sutherland
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sutherland.
What the weather is like in Sutherland, month by month
Sutherland sees roughly 61 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 Sutherland
Richmond International sits about 26 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 Sutherland
Schools across Sutherland average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Midway ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Dinwiddie ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Sutherland ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Matoaca MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Dinwiddie County MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Matoaca HighA− · 65% proficient
- Dinwiddie County HighA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sutherland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sutherland 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 Sutherland against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sutherland
Is Sutherland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sutherland ranks 10,214th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and civic engagement, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sutherland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $301,969. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $104,174 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Sutherland safe?
Sutherland is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $350 per resident a year.
Compare Sutherland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sutherland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sutherland 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.
Sutherland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sutherland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sutherland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sutherland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sutherland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sutherland 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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