Best PlacesVirginia Dale, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Virginia Dale, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Virginia Dale ranks 37,559th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Virginia Dale
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.
Virginia Dale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Virginia Dale ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 80% of towns
Where Virginia Dale ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute48.3 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,660 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Virginia Dale
A household needs to earn about $130,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Virginia Dale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $85,235, 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 Virginia Dale's effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Virginia Dale
Virginia Dale 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 Virginia Dale.
Who works in Virginia Dale, and how
Work in Virginia Dale centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Virginia Dale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Virginia Dale.
What the weather is like in Virginia Dale, month by month
Virginia Dale sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 28° | 14° |
| April | 59° | 42° | 27° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 52° |
| October | 63° | 46° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Virginia Dale
The nearest airport, Laramie Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 83 miles away.
The best schools in and around Virginia Dale
Schools across Virginia Dale average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Traut Core Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kinard Core Knowledge Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Poudre High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Virginia Dale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Virginia Dale 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 Virginia Dale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Virginia Dale
Is Virginia Dale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Virginia Dale ranks 37,559th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, civic engagement, and population health, and lowest on air quality and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Virginia Dale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $518,533. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $85,235 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Virginia Dale safe?
Virginia Dale is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $630 per resident a year.
Compare Virginia Dale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Virginia Dale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Virginia Dale 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.
Virginia Dale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Virginia Dale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Virginia Dale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Virginia Dale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Virginia Dale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Virginia Dale 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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