Cloverdale makes Virginia’s top 10 on 2 lists
Cloverdale is ranked on 32 lists against the 255 Virginia towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 4.
Older than 99% of Virginia
Not better or worse, just Cloverdale’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Cloverdale does best on
Each list ranks every VA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Cloverdale marked.
Cloverdale lands in the top half on 11 of 20 lists
Each dot is Cloverdale’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in VA, the right end is last. Areas where Cloverdale does best come first.
4 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Cloverdale sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Cloverdale out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Cloverdale lands in every VA ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Quantico Base · 11.5 min
#8 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Covington · 0.9 yrs
#107
Cheapest rent#1 Clifton Forge · $592/mo
#32
Lowest property tax#1 Covington · $681/yr
#88
Rent easiest to afford#1 Franconia · 28.6%
Health
Healthiest#1 Tysons · 100 / 100
#132
N
Lowest obesity#1 Navy · 20%
#126
Fewest smokers#1 Great Falls · 5%
#126
Most active#1 Wyndham · 14%
#119
Fewest uninsured#1 Great Falls · 4%
#95
Lowest depression#1 Loudoun Valley Estates · 15%
#176
Closest to a top hospital#1 Charlottesville · 0.0 mi
#237 
People
N Most educated#1 Navy · 87.8% #164 U Youngest#1 University of Virginia · 19.6 #252 N Oldest#1 North Shore · 62.6 #4 N Most residents 65+#1 North Shore · 44.9% #9 F Most kids#1 Fort Belvoir · 47.5% #244Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Groveton · 53.8%
#128
U
Most trails#1 University of Virginia · 10.3 mi / sq mi
#189
O
Most walkable#1 One Loudoun · 214 / sq mi
#209 Climate
Snowiest#1 Norton · 47 in
#102
Least snow#1 Emporia · 1.4 in
#151
Mildest winters#1 Norfolk · 33.2°
#80
Hottest summers#1 Colonial Heights · 89.7°
#175
Coolest summers#1 Wise · 79.9°
#54
Longest growing season#1 Norfolk · 252 days
#71
Wettest#1 Big Stone Gap · 52 in
#132 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Chincoteague · 54%
#245
Most new homes#1 Falls Church · 12.8 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crewe · +71.5%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Manassas Park · 61.4 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Bristol · 11.5 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Falls Church · 30.8 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Falls Church · 49.3 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Broadway · 5.7
The number on the right is Cloverdale’s spot. All of Virginia’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every VA list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.