Best PlacesVinton, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vinton, 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.
Vinton ranks 10,487th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Vinton
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.
Vinton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vinton ranks high
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
Where Vinton ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 35% of towns
- Cheap childcare$900 a month, better than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vinton
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vinton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,244, 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 Vinton's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Vinton
Vinton's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Vinton.
Who works in Vinton, and how
Work in Vinton centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Vinton
Vinton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Vinton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vinton, month by month
Vinton sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, 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 | 49° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Vinton
The nearest airport, Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field), is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vinton
Schools across Vinton average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bonsack ElementaryA · 72% proficient
- Stewartsville ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- W.e. Cundiff ElementaryA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- William Byrd MiddleA+ · 69% proficient
- Staunton River MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- John P. Fishwick MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- William Byrd HighA · 78% proficient
- Patrick Henry HighA− · 64% proficient
- William Fleming HighA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vinton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vinton 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 Vinton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vinton
Is Vinton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vinton ranks 10,487th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and good schools, 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 Vinton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,518. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $71,244 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Vinton safe?
Vinton is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $321 per resident a year.
Compare Vinton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vinton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vinton 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.
Vinton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vinton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vinton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vinton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vinton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vinton 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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