Best PlacesTimberlake, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Timberlake, 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.
Timberlake ranks 7,102nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Timberlake
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.
Timberlake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Timberlake ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- Short commute19.3 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
Where Timberlake ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 39% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 46% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Timberlake
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Timberlake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,568, 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 Timberlake's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Timberlake
Timberlake 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 Timberlake.
Who works in Timberlake, and how
Work in Timberlake centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Timberlake
Timberlake has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Timberlake and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Timberlake, month by month
Timberlake sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 37° | 26° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 66° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Timberlake
The nearest airport, Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 104 miles away.
The best schools in and around Timberlake
Schools across Timberlake average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- New London Academy ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Leesville Road ElementaryA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Forest MiddleA+ · 76% proficient
- Brookville MiddleA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Brookville HighA · 73% proficient
- Jefferson Forest HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Timberlake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Timberlake 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 Timberlake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Timberlake
Is Timberlake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Timberlake ranks 7,102nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, transit, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Timberlake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,883. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $73,568 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Timberlake safe?
Yes, Timberlake is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
Compare Timberlake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Timberlake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Timberlake 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.
Timberlake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Timberlake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Timberlake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Timberlake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Timberlake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Timberlake 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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