Best PlacesAberdeen, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Aberdeen, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Aberdeen ranks 10,971st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Aberdeen
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Aberdeen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Aberdeen ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of towns
Where Aberdeen ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 53 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 29% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Aberdeen
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Aberdeen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,777, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Aberdeen's effective rate of 0.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Aberdeen
Aberdeen's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Aberdeen.
Who works in Aberdeen, and how
Work in Aberdeen centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Aberdeen
Aberdeen has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Aberdeen and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Aberdeen, month by month
Aberdeen sees roughly 53 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 42° | 30° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Aberdeen
The nearest airport, Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Aberdeen
Schools across Aberdeen average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pinehurst ElementaryA+ · 74% proficient
- West Pine ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Southern Pines ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Pine MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Southern MiddleB · 46% proficient
- West Hoke MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Sandhoke Early College HighA+ · 82% proficient
- Pinecrest HighA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Aberdeen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Aberdeen measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Aberdeen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Aberdeen
Is Aberdeen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Aberdeen ranks 10,971st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, walkability, and population health, and lowest on the weather and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Aberdeen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $308,683. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $83,777 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Aberdeen safe?
Aberdeen is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $356 per resident a year.
Compare Aberdeen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Aberdeen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Aberdeen represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Aberdeen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Aberdeen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Aberdeen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Aberdeen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Aberdeen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Aberdeen detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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