Best PlacesWindsor, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Windsor, 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.
Windsor ranks 13,641st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Windsor
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.
Windsor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Windsor ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 81% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 79% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 79% of towns
Where Windsor ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 27% of towns
- Short commute31.1 minutes each way, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Windsor
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Windsor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,000, 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 Windsor's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Windsor
Windsor's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Windsor.
Who works in Windsor, and how
Work in Windsor centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Windsor
The coast is about 38 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Windsor, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Windsor, month by month
Windsor sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Windsor
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Windsor
Schools across Windsor average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carrsville ElementaryA · 72% proficient
- Windsor ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Elephant's Fork ElementaryB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Georgie D. Tyler MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Westside ElementaryA · 61% proficient
- King's Fork MiddleB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Windsor HighA · 72% proficient
- Smithfield HighA · 71% proficient
- King's Fork HighA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Windsor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Windsor 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 Windsor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Windsor
Is Windsor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Windsor ranks 13,641st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and clean air, and lowest on the weather and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Windsor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $275,726. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $72,000 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Windsor safe?
Yes, Windsor is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare Windsor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Windsor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Windsor 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.
Windsor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Windsor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Windsor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Windsor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Windsor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Windsor 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.