Best PlacesVaucluse, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vaucluse, 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.
Vaucluse ranks 3,519th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vaucluse
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.
Vaucluse's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vaucluse ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$125,157 median, better than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
Where Vaucluse ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute41.5 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vaucluse
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vaucluse home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $125,157, 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 Vaucluse's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Vaucluse
Vaucluse runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vaucluse.
Who works in Vaucluse, and how
Work in Vaucluse centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Vaucluse
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vaucluse.
What the weather is like in Vaucluse, month by month
Vaucluse sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Vaucluse
Washington Dulles International sits about 42 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 Vaucluse
Schools across Vaucluse average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Middletown ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Robert E. Aylor MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Sherando HighA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vaucluse school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vaucluse 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 Vaucluse against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vaucluse
Is Vaucluse a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vaucluse ranks 3,519th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on a weak job market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vaucluse expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $359,571. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $125,157 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Vaucluse safe?
Yes, Vaucluse is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $134 per resident a year.
Compare Vaucluse with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vaucluse. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vaucluse 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.
Vaucluse detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vaucluse: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vaucluse: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vaucluse: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vaucluse: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vaucluse 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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