MonetaVA
A town of 395.
Is Moneta a good place to live?
25% of residents live below the poverty line in Moneta, where Virginia’s towns sit at 7.7% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The biggest park or preserve is Moneta Park, at 119 acres. Moneta has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
395 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Moneta: who provides what
Moneta is unincorporated, so Bedford 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Moneta.
The typical home in Moneta is valued at about $553K
The typical Moneta home is worth about $553,000, up 3.7% in a year, 34% above the Virginia typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The schools Moneta’s kids attend
Its public schools are run by the Bedford County Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moneta ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 218 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts
Moneta faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Moneta
Moneta has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 27° and about 6 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 0.8 jobs for every working resident, most of Moneta’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Moneta for work: only 2% work in town. At 33 minutes, Moneta’s average trip to work is above both Virginia’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Roanoke (22%), Bedford (8%) and Cave Spring (6%).
| Moneta | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Moneta is
Moneta beats the Virginia average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 14% of Moneta adults have diabetes.
| Moneta | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 33% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Moneta | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 73.1% | 67.4% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.1% | 76.8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.2% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 4.9% of Moneta
0.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Moneta’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Moneta | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.9% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Moneta Park | 0.4 mi | 119 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Blue Ridge Parkway and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Moneta. Close and well known come first.
14 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
11 mi LakeSmith Mountain Lake
11 mi LandmarkNational D-Day Memorial
19 mi MuseumVirginia Museum of Transportation
8 mi National MonumentBooker T. Washington National Monument22K visitors a year
19 mi MuseumTaubman Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · National D-Day Memorial: RebelAt at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0
Everything we know about Moneta
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Moneta; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Moneta residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
Famous people from Moneta
3 notable people were born in Moneta.
About Moneta
Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
Moneta (/məniːtə/ or /moʊniːtə/) is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern Bedford County, Virginia, United States. The community is located along Route 122 between the towns of Bedford and Rocky Mount. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Moneta had a population of 450.
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- Elevation
- 860 ft
- ZIP code
- 24121
Questions about Moneta
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Moneta, VA a good place to live?
Moneta has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.