Best PlacesTimberville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Timberville, 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.
Timberville ranks 12,695th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Timberville
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.
Timberville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Timberville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of towns
Where Timberville ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 32% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 74 pleasant days a year, better than only 35% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Timberville
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Timberville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,875, 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 Timberville's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Timberville
Timberville 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 Timberville.
Who works in Timberville, and how
Work in Timberville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Timberville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Timberville.
What the weather is like in Timberville, month by month
Timberville sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Timberville
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 74 miles away.
The best schools in and around Timberville
Schools across Timberville average a B, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Honey Run ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- John C. Myers ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Lacey Spring ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- J. Frank Hillyard MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- North Fork MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Broadway HighA · 72% proficient
- Mountain View HighB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Timberville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Timberville 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 Timberville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Timberville
Is Timberville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Timberville ranks 12,695th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, fast internet, and low crime, and lowest on education levels and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Timberville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,864. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $75,875 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Timberville safe?
Yes, Timberville is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $220 per resident a year.
Compare Timberville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Timberville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Timberville 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.
Timberville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Timberville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Timberville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Timberville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Timberville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Timberville 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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