Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Settled in 1876, this town now has 3,797 residents.
A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Where it does best is schools: its schools rank ahead of 93% of Virginia towns. It also does well on health — residents are healthier than just over three quarters of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The trade-off is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $436K, 6.3 years of the Roanoke metro’s $69K median household income. Overall, that makes an A−, better than 78% of U.S. towns. That places it 104th of 249 in Virginia. Daleville has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Nininger's Mill and Anderson House. Nearly a third of residents are 65 or older locally, against 16% in Virginia’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Daleville beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lord Botetourt High | 9–12 | 963 |
2,557 counted in 2010 and 3,070 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Daleville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,454 in 2000, 3,070 in 2020. The archive holds 4 maps from 1929 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Daleville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi Park & preserveAppalachian Trail3.0M visitors a year
4 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
31 mi Stadium & arenaLane Stadium
34 mi LandmarkProject Greek Island
34 mi LakeMountain Lake
33 mi LakeSmith Mountain LakeAppalachian Trail: Paulba. Original uploader was Paulbalegend at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Project Greek Island: Z22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain
Daleville is unincorporated, so Botetourt County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Daleville.
Daleville has schools in the top 5% of Virginia and draws workers from Roanoke and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Virginia.
Trails total 6.3 miles in 1 park or preserve. Daleville’s density of trails comes in at 1.5 miles per square mile. Also worth knowing: it has one park or preserve, 2 acres in all.
| Daleville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.5 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lord Botetourt High School Softball Field | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
That grade ranks #10 of the 250 Virginia towns we grade for schools. It comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $436K.
The largest public high school is Lord Botetourt High, with 963 students. The Botetourt County Public Schools runs its public schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Botetourt HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 963 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
3,060 jobs are based in Daleville, 2.4 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 17.4 minutes, against 27.3 across Virginia.
In Daleville, the average commute is 17 minutes. Most people who work leave Daleville to do it: just 7% work in town. The town had 3,060 jobs in 2023, up 1,121 from 2013. 5.5% of residents live below the poverty line in the town.
| Daleville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 14% | 18% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 88% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts three quarters of Daleville’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 7% to strong winds. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Daleville once, in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 42%, against 42% across Virginia. The share of residents in Daleville who are 65 or older: 32%.
| Daleville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 32% | 16% | 18% |
| Median age | 50.7 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 44% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.5 points. Across Virginia, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Daleville | VA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.7% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.5% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.4% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.2% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.7% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.7% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.7% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 18.5% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 8.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.3% | 23.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.3% | 17.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.1% | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.2% | 23.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.4% | 18.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,800, single groups can be off by several points
Daleville: 10% of adults smoke cigarettes. Only 6 of the 253 Virginia towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Daleville. Two figures for adults locally: 41% have high blood pressure, 13% report frequent mental distress. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Daleville is ahead of Virginia on 11 and behind on 5.
| Daleville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 36% | 36% |
| What stands out | Daleville | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.8% | 7.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.9% | 10.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 26° and about 11 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 6.3 years of the Roanoke metro’s $69K median household income, the typical home (about $436K) costs more against local pay than in 84% of Virginia towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
The typical Daleville home is worth about $436,000, up 0.9% in a year, 6% above the Virginia typical home. In Daleville, the median rent is $1,793 a month. Among households locally, 72% live in a home they own.
| Daleville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,793 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
4 within 15 miles of the center of Daleville
About 3 of every 100 Daleville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
Where Daleville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Daleville is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,070 at the 2020 census. The CDP is located along U.S. Route 220. It is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Daleville grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #104 of 249 in Virginia. It grades A− for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
