Best PlacesAlamance, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Alamance, 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.
Alamance ranks 5,862nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Alamance
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.
Alamance's strengths and weaknesses
Where Alamance ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Alamance ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 39% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Alamance
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Alamance home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $85,147; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Alamance's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Alamance
Alamance's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Alamance.
Who works in Alamance, and how
Work in Alamance centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Alamance
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Alamance.
What the weather is like in Alamance, month by month
Alamance sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 41° | 29° |
| April | 76° | 61° | 47° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Alamance
The nearest airport, Piedmont Triad International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Alamance
Schools across Alamance average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Edwin M Holt ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern Alamance MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Turrentine MiddleB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Southern Alamance HighA− · 63% proficient
- Walter M Williams HighB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Alamance school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Alamance 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 Alamance against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Alamance
Is Alamance a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Alamance ranks 5,862nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, state finances, and civic engagement, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Alamance expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $345,000. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $85,147 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Alamance safe?
Yes, Alamance is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
Compare Alamance with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Alamance. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Alamance 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.
Alamance detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Alamance: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Alamance: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Alamance: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Alamance: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Alamance 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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