Best PlacesWaynesboro City, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Waynesboro City, 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.
Waynesboro City ranks 1,182nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Waynesboro City
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.
Waynesboro City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Waynesboro City ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of counties
- TransitBetter than 85% of counties
Where Waynesboro City ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 15% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 32% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 33% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Waynesboro City
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Waynesboro City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $63,142; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Waynesboro City's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Waynesboro City
Waynesboro City'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 Waynesboro City.
Who works in Waynesboro City, and how
Work in Waynesboro City centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Waynesboro City
Waynesboro City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of counties and more parkland per resident than 70% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Waynesboro City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Waynesboro City growing, and who is moving in?
Waynesboro City has grown about 10% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Staunton, VA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Waynesboro City go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Waynesboro City, month by month
Waynesboro City sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Waynesboro City
The nearest airport, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Waynesboro City
Schools across Waynesboro City average a B, better than 73% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Westwood Hills ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- William Perry ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Berkeley Glenn ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kate Collins MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Waynesboro HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Waynesboro City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Waynesboro City 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 Waynesboro City against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Waynesboro City suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Waynesboro City
Is Waynesboro City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Waynesboro City ranks 1,182nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cell coverage, cheap car insurance, and few empty homes, and lowest on noise and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Waynesboro City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $259,072. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $63,142 median income, cost of living beats 32% of counties.
Is Waynesboro City safe?
Waynesboro City is safer than 47% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $373 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Waynesboro City?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 24. That works out to about 83 pleasant days a year, more than 42% of counties.
Is Waynesboro City good for families?
Schools beat 73% of counties, crime safety beats 47%, and childcare runs $826 a month.
Compare Waynesboro City with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Waynesboro City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Waynesboro City 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.
Waynesboro City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Waynesboro City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Waynesboro City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Waynesboro City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Waynesboro City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Waynesboro City 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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.
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