A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

White Stone$3,120/mo

Typical home $557K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.43% · or rent about $968/mo · Housing →

Melfa$1,370/mo

Typical home $242K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.48% · or rent about $841/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,750 a month, about $21,000 a year, between White Stone and Melfa.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

White StoneMelfa

Snow a year9″7″

January low29°F 30°F

July high85°F 88°F

Growing season (days)223d 216d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)65th 71st

Outdoors & history

White StoneMelfa

Archive photos12 10

Famous people born here—1

Community

White StoneMelfa

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

36 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

White StoneVA MelfaVA

White Stone ↔ Melfa36 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Virginia average

White StoneMelfa

People

Population 449Lowest 468Highest

Median age 33.3±11.5Highest 15% below VA 29.8±13.8Lowest 24% below VA

White Stone and Melfa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 14.3%±9.5Lowest VA: 21.7% 39.3%±11.2Highest VA: 21.7%

Age 65+ 18.5%±1.2Highest VA: 16.7% 14.3%±8.9Lowest VA: 16.7%

White Stone and Melfa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.1%Lowest VA: 42.2% 28%Highest VA: 42.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.1%±1.9Lowest VA: 6.9% 1.3%±3.3Highest VA: 6.9%

Melfa and White Stone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $58,036±$20kHighest 38% below VA $28,958±$12kLowest 69% below VA

White Stone and Melfa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $193,200±$19kHighest 50% below VA $174,300±$40kLowest 55% below VA

White Stone and Melfa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $968±$42Highest 39% below VA $841±$95Lowest 47% below VA

White Stone and Melfa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $828Lowest 70% below VA $841Highest 70% below VA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 21.1%±12.2Lowest VA: 48.5% 66.3%±39.4Highest VA: 48.5%

Melfa and White Stone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 3.3%Lowest VA: 9.9% 24.6%Highest VA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55.1%Lowest VA: 67.3% 56.7%Highest VA: 67.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest 14 yrs older than VA 1971Highest 13 yrs older than VA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 10% below VA 27 minHighest about the VA average

Work from home 16.4%±20.3Highest VA: 18.3% 9%±8Lowest VA: 18.3%

White Stone and Melfa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 6%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 36.3 miHighest 25.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.14Highest 0.26Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Kilmarnock (8%)Accomac (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MelfaFew work in White Stone

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 28.7Lowest 131Highest

Virginia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

White Stone vs Melfa

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,750 more a month in White Stone

What daily life feels like in each

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