Best PlacesThe Museum District, Richmond, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around The Museum District, Richmond, 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.
The Museum District, Richmond ranks 634th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in The Museum District, Richmond
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.
The Museum District, Richmond's strengths and weaknesses
Where The Museum District, Richmond ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Short commute17.4 minutes each way, better than 92% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB, better than 88% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
Where The Museum District, Richmond ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in The Museum District, Richmond
A household needs to earn about $135,000 a year to comfortably buy the median The Museum District, Richmond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $88,644, 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 The Museum District, Richmond's effective rate of 0.94%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in The Museum District, Richmond
The Museum District, Richmond runs younger 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 The Museum District, Richmond.
Who works in The Museum District, Richmond, and how
Work in The Museum District, Richmond centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in The Museum District, Richmond
The Museum District, Richmond has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of neighborhoods and more late-night spots per resident than 71% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of The Museum District, Richmond and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in The Museum District, Richmond, month by month
The Museum District, Richmond sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 28° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 46° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of The Museum District, Richmond
Richmond International sits about 10 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 The Museum District, Richmond
Schools across The Museum District, Richmond average a B, better than 88% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- William Fox ElementaryD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Albert Hill MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Binford MiddleB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Richmond Community HighA+ · 87% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every The Museum District, Richmond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
The Museum District, Richmond 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 The Museum District, Richmond against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in The Museum District, Richmond
Is The Museum District, Richmond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, The Museum District, Richmond ranks 634th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, short commutes, and population health, and lowest on the weather and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is The Museum District, Richmond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $506,719. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $88,644 median income, cost of living beats 74% of neighborhoods.
Is The Museum District, Richmond safe?
Yes, The Museum District, Richmond is safer than 69% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $360 per resident a year.
Compare The Museum District, Richmond with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to The Museum District, Richmond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in The Museum District, Richmond 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.
The Museum District, Richmond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for The Museum District, Richmond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in The Museum District, Richmond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of The Museum District, Richmond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in The Museum District, Richmond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
The Museum District, Richmond 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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