Stuarts Draft ranks #21 in Virginia for growth
Stuarts Draft is ranked on 33 lists against the 255 Virginia towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
More snow than 95% of Virginia
Not better or worse, just Stuarts Draft’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Stuarts Draft does best on
Each list ranks every VA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Stuarts Draft marked.
Stuarts Draft lands in the top half on 11 of 20 lists
Each dot is Stuarts Draft’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in VA, the right end is last. Areas where Stuarts Draft does best come first.
Where Stuarts Draft 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
#34 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Covington · 0.9 yrs
#83
Cheapest rent#1 Clifton Forge · $592/mo
#73
Lowest property tax#1 Covington · $681/yr
#39
Rent easiest to afford#1 Franconia · 28.6%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Groveton · 53.8%
#58
U
Most trails#1 University of Virginia · 10.3 mi / sq mi
#94
O
Most walkable#1 One Loudoun · 214 / sq mi
#249 
Health
Healthiest#1 Tysons · 100 / 100
#194
N
Lowest obesity#1 Navy · 20%
#223
Fewest smokers#1 Great Falls · 5%
#194
Most active#1 Wyndham · 14%
#153
Fewest uninsured#1 Great Falls · 4%
#95
Lowest depression#1 Loudoun Valley Estates · 15%
#229
Closest to a top hospital#1 Charlottesville · 0.0 mi
#102 
People
N Most educated#1 Navy · 87.8% #215 U Youngest#1 University of Virginia · 19.6 #231 N Oldest#1 North Shore · 62.6 #25 N Most residents 65+#1 North Shore · 44.9% #32 F Most kids#1 Fort Belvoir · 47.5% #169
Climate
Snowiest#1 Norton · 47 in
#14
Least snow#1 Emporia · 1.4 in
#239
Mildest winters#1 Norfolk · 33.2°
#183
Hottest summers#1 Colonial Heights · 89.7°
#205
Coolest summers#1 Wise · 79.9°
#21
Longest growing season#1 Norfolk · 252 days
#201
Wettest#1 Big Stone Gap · 52 in
#187 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Chincoteague · 54%
#178
Most new homes#1 Falls Church · 12.8 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crewe · +71.5%
#71
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 Stuarts Draft’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.