Best PlacesWoods Cross Roads, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woods Cross Roads, 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.
Woods Cross Roads ranks 10,939th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Woods Cross Roads
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.
Woods Cross Roads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Woods Cross Roads ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 79% of towns
Where Woods Cross Roads ranks low
- Short commute39.2 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woods Cross Roads
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woods Cross Roads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $89,157; 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 Woods Cross Roads' effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Woods Cross Roads
Woods Cross Roads runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Woods Cross Roads.
Who works in Woods Cross Roads, and how
Work in Woods Cross Roads centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Woods Cross Roads
The coast is about 20 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Woods Cross Roads, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woods Cross Roads, month by month
Woods Cross Roads 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 Woods Cross Roads
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woods Cross Roads
Schools across Woods Cross Roads average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Petsworth ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Peasley MiddleA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Gloucester HighA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woods Cross Roads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woods Cross Roads 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 Woods Cross Roads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woods Cross Roads
Is Woods Cross Roads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woods Cross Roads ranks 10,939th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on long commutes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woods Cross Roads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $362,633. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $89,157 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Woods Cross Roads safe?
Yes, Woods Cross Roads is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $228 per resident a year.
Compare Woods Cross Roads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woods Cross Roads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woods Cross Roads 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.
Woods Cross Roads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woods Cross Roads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woods Cross Roads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woods Cross Roads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woods Cross Roads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woods Cross Roads 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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