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%

Windsor$2,100/mo

Typical home $355K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.81% · or rent about $950/mo · Housing →

Shenandoah$1,640/mo

Typical home $282K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.68% · or rent about $1,093/mo · Housing →

The difference: $460 a month, about $5,500 a year, between Windsor and Shenandoah.

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.

Report cards

Windsor places higher on 11 of 19 VA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Virginia ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

BWindsorSafer than 61% of U.S. towns A−ShenandoahSafer than 80% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−WindsorBetter than 80% of districts in the state BShenandoahBetter than 58% of districts in the state

Health

B−WindsorHealthier than 48% of U.S. towns C−ShenandoahHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns

11Windsor

8Shenandoah

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 219 towns #81#165 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 255 towns #95#189 Lowest depressionHealth · 255 towns #150#243 Most walkableOutdoors · 255 towns #230#147 Highest graduation rateSchools · 249 towns #75#1 Most activeHealth · 255 towns #153#228 Fewest smokersHealth · 255 towns #166#240 Lowest property taxCost of living · 251 towns #96#44

Left end = #1 in Virginia. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Windsor’s rankings →

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

WindsorShenandoah

Snow a year4″19″

January low29°F 23°F

July high89°F 86°F

Growing season (days)208d 182d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)26th 69th

Outdoors & history

WindsorShenandoah

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land5.1%0%

Settled1902 1837

National Register places2 4

Archive photos18 12

Famous people born here—6

Community

WindsorShenandoah

Library hours a week34 hrs 17 hrs

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

155 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WindsorVA ShenandoahVA

Windsor ↔ Shenandoah155 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

WindsorShenandoah

People

Population 2,852Lowest 2,888Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.6%Lowest VA: +7.9% +4.8%Highest VA: +7.9%

Median age 41.6±5.8Highest 7% above VA 37±4.7Lowest 5% below VA

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

Kids under 18 23.3%±5.8Lowest VA: 21.7% 26.8%±3.4Highest VA: 21.7%

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

Age 65+ 19.5%±4.4Highest VA: 16.7% 13.3%±2.5Lowest VA: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.2%Highest VA: 42.2% 7.9%Lowest VA: 42.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.8%±2.4Highest VA: 6.9% 3.3%±2Lowest VA: 6.9%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $68,661±$4kLowest 26% below VA $71,458±$8kHighest 23% below VA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $280,800±$42kHighest 27% below VA $212,600±$9kLowest 45% below VA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $950±$371Lowest 40% below VA $1,093±$150Highest 31% below VA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,284Highest 18% below VA $1,447Lowest 48% below VA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 11.5%±15.9Lowest VA: 48.5% 15.1%±10.9Highest VA: 48.5%

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

Below poverty line 11.7%Lowest VA: 9.9% 14.2%Highest VA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.6%Highest VA: 67.3% 76.4%Lowest VA: 67.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Highest 11 yrs newer than VA 1973Lowest 11 yrs older than VA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minLowest 15% above VA 32 minHighest 16% above VA

Work from home 4.8%±3.3Highest VA: 18.3% 4.1%±3.1Lowest VA: 18.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.1%Highest 4.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miHighest 15.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.56Highest 0.29Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Suffolk (15%)Harrisonburg (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ShenandoahFew work in Windsor

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.1%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miLowest 1.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 26.9Lowest 57.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #81 of 219 in VA #165 of 219 in VA

School district Isle of Wight County Public SchoolsPage County Public Schools

High school in town Windsor HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 13.5 —

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

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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.

Windsor vs Shenandoah

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $460 more a month in Windsor

Windsor places higher on 11 of 19 VA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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