Best PlacesWoodford, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodford, 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.
Woodford ranks 17,451st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on big-city access, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Woodford
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.
Woodford's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodford ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 77% of towns
- Household income$89,609 median, better than 76% of towns
Where Woodford ranks low
- Short commute36.6 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodford
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodford home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $89,609; 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 Woodford's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Woodford
Woodford'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 Woodford.
Who works in Woodford, and how
Work in Woodford centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Woodford
The coast is about 35 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Woodford, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woodford, month by month
Woodford sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, 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 | 48° | 38° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Woodford
Richmond International sits about 42 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.5 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Woodford
Schools across Woodford average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riverview ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Cedar Forest ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
- Lewis And Clark ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thornburg MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Post Oak MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Caroline MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Massaponax HighA · 68% proficient
- Spotsylvania HighA− · 60% proficient
- Caroline HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodford school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodford 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 Woodford against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodford
Is Woodford a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodford ranks 17,451st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, cheap car insurance, and clean air, and lowest on long commutes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodford expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $367,680. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $89,609 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Woodford safe?
Yes, Woodford is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $294 per resident a year.
Compare Woodford with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodford. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodford 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.
Woodford detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodford: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodford: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodford: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodford: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodford 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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