Live Here
Halifax makes it easy to feel like home. Friendly neighbors, local businesses, affordable housing, low taxes, and a downtown Post Office with the best staff in the country all add to our small town charm.
Homes range from historic and mid-century dwellings to modern lofts to lakefront living. We have a place for every lifestyle and budget.
One of the great things about living here is that you can have a relaxed pace of life and easy commute on a daily basis, and still have access to anything you may need or want within a 2-hour drive.
Shopping, entertainment, health, and airport examples include:
- the town of South Boston – 10 min.
- convenient access to city shopping and 3 international airports – Raleigh-Durham (1 hr. 15 min.), Greensboro (1.5 hrs), and Richmond (2 hrs)
- while Sentara has a local hospital, Duke University Hospital and Centra Lynchburg General Hospital are each slightly over an hour away
- South Boston Speedway – 10 min.
- Factory Street Brewing – 10 min.
- The Prizery arts & cultural center – 10 min.
- Springfield Distillery – 15 min.
- Virginia International Raceway – 30 min.
- Caesar’s Virginia casino – 30 min. (Danville)
- Staunton River State Park, an International Dark Sky Park – 25 min.
- Buggs Island Lake (aka Kerr Lake) – 30 min.
Education for your kids includes public schools that are minutes away:
- Sinai Elementary School – 5 min.
- Halifax Middle School – 5 min.
- Halifax County High School – 5 min.
and private schools from 5 minutes to 1 hour away:
- Halifax Christian School – pre-K through 12th grade, 5 min.
- CH Friend School – pre-K through 8th grade, 10 min.
- Chatham Hall – girls boarding school, grades 9-12, 45 min.
- Hargrave Military Academy – boys college prep boarding school, grades 7-12, 45 min.
- Fuqua School – pre-K through 12th grade, 1 hr.
Major employers include a variety of companies like Hitachi Energy, Microsoft, Huber Engineered Woods, Sentara Halifax Regional Health System, Halifax County Public Schools, Dominion Power, Mid-Atlantic Broadband, Annin & Company, Gloster Furniture, Presto Products, Aquatic Industries, Dollar General, JE Burton Construction, Lewis Metal Works, Pacific Headwear, and RO Harrell Trucking.
With our fiber optic broadband internet, 4-lane highways, and convenient location, Halifax is a magnet for entrepreneurs. We’re also attractive to defense-related industries since we’re outside of the DC and Hampton Roads blast zone.