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.
Zillow puts the typical Moneta home at about $553K
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 3.7% in value. The share of households in Moneta who live in a home they own is 70%, close to both Virginia’s towns (68%) and U.S. towns (73%).
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The schools Moneta’s kids attend
Public schools: the Bedford County Public Schools. Its one school is below. Moneta’s only public school teaches 218 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moneta ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 218 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts
The biggest natural risk in Moneta is inland flooding, at a low overall level
The FEMA hazard score for Moneta comes to 26 of 100. 63% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by drought at 10%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Moneta once, in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Moneta brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Moneta has chilly winters and warm summers. Summer afternoons peak near 87° in July, and January nights bottom out around 27°; snowfall runs to about 6 inches 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
The median commute is under 20 miles. Moneta’s mean commuting time is 33 minutes. Most working residents leave Moneta for work: only 2% work in town. 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
For adults in Moneta, the share who report frequent physical distress is 14%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Moneta is ahead of Virginia on 2 and behind on 5. Two figures for adults here: 39% have high blood pressure, 31% feel lonely.
| 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
4.9% of the land in Moneta is protected from building
For Moneta, the trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile. There are 0.9 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve.
| 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.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- 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.