Best PlacesAsheboro, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Asheboro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Asheboro ranks 1,538th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Asheboro
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.
Asheboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Asheboro ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 99% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 95% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of cities
- Cheap childcare$726 a month, better than 88% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 71% of cities
Where Asheboro ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 7% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of cities
- Household income$61,756 median, better than only 10% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Asheboro
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Asheboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,756, 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 Asheboro's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Asheboro
Asheboro's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Asheboro.
Who works in Asheboro, and how
Work in Asheboro centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Asheboro
Asheboro has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Asheboro and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Asheboro, month by month
Asheboro sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Asheboro
The nearest airport, Piedmont Triad International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Asheboro
Schools across Asheboro average a B, better than 66% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Seagrove Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Farmer Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Grays Chapel Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northeastern Randolph Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Southwestern Randolph MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- South Asheboro MiddleB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Randolph Early College High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Southwestern Randolph High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Providence Grove High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Asheboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Asheboro 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 Asheboro against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Asheboro suits
Common questions about living in Asheboro
Is Asheboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Asheboro ranks 1,538th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on tree cover, state finances, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on biking and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Asheboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $200,739. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $61,756 median income, cost of living beats 16% of cities.
Is Asheboro safe?
Asheboro is safer than 24% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $437 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Asheboro?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 50 with lows near 32. That works out to about 87 pleasant days a year, more than 51% of cities.
Is Asheboro good for families?
Schools beat 66% of cities, crime safety beats 24%, and childcare runs $726 a month.
Compare Asheboro with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Asheboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Asheboro 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.
Asheboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Asheboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Asheboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Asheboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Asheboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Asheboro 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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