West Point makes Virginia’s top 10 on 2 lists
West Point is ranked on 35 lists against the 255 Virginia towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 3.
More year-round than 95% of Virginia
Not better or worse, just West Point’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists West Point does best on
Each list ranks every VA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with West Point marked.
West Point lands in the top half on 12 of 22 lists
Each dot is West Point’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in VA, the right end is last. Areas where West Point does best come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for new homes
Lists where West Point sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where West Point 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Chincoteague · 54%
#242
Most new homes#1 Falls Church · 12.8 per 1,000
#5
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crewe · +71.5%
#116
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Manassas Park · 61.4 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Broadway · 5.7
#9 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Covington · 0.9 yrs
#78
Cheapest rent#1 Clifton Forge · $592/mo
#78
Lowest property tax#1 Covington · $681/yr
#64
Rent easiest to afford#1 Franconia · 28.6%
Health
Healthiest#1 Tysons · 100 / 100
#127
N
Lowest obesity#1 Navy · 20%
#114
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
#210 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Quantico Base · 11.5 min
#135 
People
N Most educated#1 Navy · 87.8% #170 U Youngest#1 University of Virginia · 19.6 #214 N Oldest#1 North Shore · 62.6 #42 N Most residents 65+#1 North Shore · 44.9% #52 F Most kids#1 Fort Belvoir · 47.5% #77
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Groveton · 53.8%
#242
U
Most trails#1 University of Virginia · 10.3 mi / sq mi
#204
O
Most walkable#1 One Loudoun · 214 / sq mi
#233 
The number on the right is West Point’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.