Best PlacesYoungers Store, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Youngers Store, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Youngers Store ranks 35,190th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Youngers Store
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.
Youngers Store's strengths and weaknesses
Where Youngers Store ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap childcare$537 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Youngers Store ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Youngers Store
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Youngers Store home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,713, 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 Youngers Store's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Youngers Store
Youngers Store 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 Youngers Store.
Who works in Youngers Store, and how
Work in Youngers Store centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Youngers Store
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Youngers Store.
What the weather is like in Youngers Store, month by month
Youngers Store sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 27° |
| April | 75° | 59° | 45° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Youngers Store
The nearest airport, Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 67 miles away.
The best schools in and around Youngers Store
Schools across Youngers Store average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clays Mill ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Meadville ElementaryC · 30% proficient
- Sydnor Jennings ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Halifax County MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Halifax County HighB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Youngers Store school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Youngers Store 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 Youngers Store against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Youngers Store
Is Youngers Store a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Youngers Store ranks 35,190th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, affordable childcare, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on education levels and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Youngers Store expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,920. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $57,713 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Youngers Store safe?
Youngers Store is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
Compare Youngers Store with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Youngers Store. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Youngers Store 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.
Youngers Store detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Youngers Store: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Youngers Store: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Youngers Store: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Youngers Store: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Youngers Store 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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