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Crozet Neighborhoods

15 neighborhoods, compared on the things that actually decide it: budget, lot feel, walkability, and what you give up.

The Short Version

Which Crozet neighborhood should you choose?

Most relocating buyers narrow to two or three neighborhoods, and it usually comes down to the same trade: amenities versus walkability versus lot size. Old Trail gives you the longest amenity list and the most construction; Westhall and Downtown give you a real town at the end of the sidewalk and older houses to maintain.

Every guide below carries 12 months of real sold data, the HOA and fee math, and a named trade-off — not just the good parts.

Written by Josh Keeton, Town Realty
The Neighborhoods

Every Crozet neighborhood, compared

Guides marked with a link are written and live. The rest are in the queue — we publish a neighborhood page when there's real local knowledge and real sold data behind it, not before.

Pleasant Green

$360K–$690K

Lowest entry price in town; walk to downtown Crozet

Old Trail

$290K–$1.55M

The flagship — golf, village center, top price band

Glenbrook at Foothill Crossing

$420K–$900K

Mid-priced new construction; larger single-family mix

Brookwood

$315K–$1.26M

Small established pocket with a wide price spread

Grayrock

$525K–$790K

Quiet cul-de-sacs and mountain views on the western edge

Western Ridge

$499K–$885K

Family-scale lots with a pool and clubhouse community

Westlake Hills

$792K–$1.3M

Crozet's luxury pocket — large homes, top of the market

Waylands Grant

$387K–$730K

Established streets in mid-market Crozet

Haden Place

$388K–$719K

Small pocket; most sales in the $390s–$430s

Orchard Acres

$327K–$564K

An older Crozet subdivision — smaller homes, entry pricing

Stonegate

$485K–$670K

Compact established neighborhood, steady mid-range prices

Emerald Ridge

$680K–$896K

Only three recorded sales in two years — the range is the honest number

Park Ln

$810K–$1.37M

A handful of large homes — thin sample, treat medians with care

Westhall

$300K–$605K

Walkable to downtown; recorded sales skew to attached homes

Downtown Crozet

$292K–$755K

The original walkable core — character homes within a stroll of the library and farmers market
Schools

Does the neighborhood decide the school?

No — the street address does. This is the single most expensive assumption buyers make in Crozet, because it looks like it should work the other way.

Two houses on the same street can feed different elementary schools. Albemarle County assigns elementary attendance by street address. Albemarle County recently redistricted more than 200 students into Crozet Elementary to rebalance enrollment between the two Crozet schools, which means any zoning list published before that change is out of date. Some of those out-of-date lists are still live on the big listing portals. Confirm the specific address with the county before you write an offer, not after.
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ElementaryBrownsville or Crozet Elementary
MiddleJoseph T. Henley Middle School
HighWestern Albemarle High School
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Quick Answers

Crozet neighborhoods, answered

How many neighborhoods does Crozet have?
As of August 2026, this guide covers fifteen with real sold data behind them: Old Trail, Pleasant Green, Glenbrook at Foothill Crossing, Brookwood, Grayrock, Western Ridge, Westlake Hills, Waylands Grant, Haden Place, Orchard Acres, Stonegate, Emerald Ridge, Park Ln, Westhall, and Downtown Crozet. Wickham Pond is a real Crozet subdivision too, but isn't published yet — its sales are filed under a Charlottesville zip in MLS data, and we don't publish a guide until the numbers are clean.
Which Crozet neighborhood is the most walkable?
Downtown Crozet, then Westhall. Both put the library, the shops, and the Saturday farmers market at the end of a sidewalk rather than a drive. Old Trail is walkable within itself — village center, golf club, swim club — but it's a separate walkshed from downtown.
Which Crozet neighborhood has the newest homes?
Old Trail, by a wide margin — it's still actively building out and will be for several more years. That's both the appeal and the trade-off.
Do all Crozet neighborhoods feed the same schools?
They all feed Henley Middle and Western Albemarle High. The elementary zone is the variable, and it's assigned by street address rather than by subdivision — so two houses in the same neighborhood can feed different elementary schools.

Written by Josh Keeton, Town Realty

I work Western Albemarle street by street, which in practice means I get the school-zone question more than any other. This page exists because the zone answer is genuinely hard to find in one place, and because getting it wrong is expensive. Every figure here is dated, sourced, and reviewed when the county updates.

The Neighborhood Shortlist

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