Williamsburg ranks #9 in Virginia for trails
Williamsburg is ranked on 36 lists against the 255 Virginia towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 4.
Younger than 97% of Virginia
Not better or worse, just Williamsburg’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Williamsburg does best on
Each list ranks every VA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Williamsburg marked.
Williamsburg lands in the top half on 15 of 23 lists
Each dot is Williamsburg’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in VA, the right end is last. Areas where Williamsburg does best come first.
Where Williamsburg 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.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Groveton · 53.8%
#17
U
Most trails#1 University of Virginia · 10.3 mi / sq mi
#9
O
Most walkable#1 One Loudoun · 214 / sq mi
#128 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Quantico Base · 11.5 min
#33 Health
Healthiest#1 Tysons · 100 / 100
#115
N
Lowest obesity#1 Navy · 20%
#114
Fewest smokers#1 Great Falls · 5%
#65
Most active#1 Wyndham · 14%
#94
Fewest uninsured#1 Great Falls · 4%
#95
Lowest depression#1 Loudoun Valley Estates · 15%
#150
Closest to a top hospital#1 Charlottesville · 0.0 mi
#55 
Safety
Safest#1 Broadway · 5.7
#32 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Covington · 0.9 yrs
#133
Cheapest rent#1 Clifton Forge · $592/mo
#98
Lowest property tax#1 Covington · $681/yr
#107
Rent easiest to afford#1 Franconia · 28.6%
#94 People
N Most educated#1 Navy · 87.8% #117 U Youngest#1 University of Virginia · 19.6 #8 N Oldest#1 North Shore · 62.6 #248 N Most residents 65+#1 North Shore · 44.9% #100 F Most kids#1 Fort Belvoir · 47.5% #243
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Chincoteague · 54%
#8
Most new homes#1 Falls Church · 12.8 per 1,000
#36
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crewe · +71.5%
#81
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Manassas Park · 61.4 per home
The number on the right is Williamsburg’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.