Best PlacesWeems, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Weems, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Weems ranks 33,121st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Weems
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.
Weems' strengths and weaknesses
Where Weems ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Weems ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Short commute32.4 minutes each way, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Weems
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Weems home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,961, 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 Weems' effective rate of 0.49%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Weems
Weems 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 Weems.
Who works in Weems, and how
Work in Weems centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Weems
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Weems, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Weems, month by month
Weems sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Weems
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Weems
Schools across Weems average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lancaster PrimaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lancaster MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Lancaster HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Weems school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Weems 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 Weems against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Weems
Is Weems a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Weems ranks 33,121st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on an overheated housing market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Weems expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $375,712. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $65,961 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Weems safe?
Weems is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $367 per resident a year.
Compare Weems with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Weems. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Weems 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.
Weems detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Weems: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Weems: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Weems: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Weems: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Weems 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.