Best PlacesAshley Park, Charlotte, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ashley Park, Charlotte, 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.
Ashley Park, Charlotte ranks 3,439th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ashley Park, Charlotte
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.
Ashley Park, Charlotte's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ashley Park, Charlotte ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Ashley Park, Charlotte ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 28% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Ashley Park, Charlotte
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ashley Park, Charlotte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,442, 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 Ashley Park, Charlotte's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ashley Park, Charlotte
Ashley Park, Charlotte'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 Ashley Park, Charlotte.
Who works in Ashley Park, Charlotte, and how
Work in Ashley Park, Charlotte centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 56%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Ashley Park, Charlotte
Ashley Park, Charlotte has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Ashley Park, Charlotte and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ashley Park, Charlotte, month by month
Ashley Park, Charlotte sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 31° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Ashley Park, Charlotte
Charlotte/Douglas International sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.9 million passengers in 2025, with 213 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ashley Park, Charlotte
Schools across Ashley Park, Charlotte average a C, better than 63% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Allenbrook ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
- Movement Charter SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Westerly Hills AcademyD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Whitewater MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Levine Middle College High SchA+ · 98% proficient
- Phillip O Berry Academy Of TechnologyB+ · 55% proficient
- Stewart Creek HighD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ashley Park, Charlotte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ashley Park, Charlotte 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 Ashley Park, Charlotte against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Ashley Park, Charlotte
Is Ashley Park, Charlotte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ashley Park, Charlotte ranks 3,439th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and civic engagement, and lowest on crime 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 Ashley Park, Charlotte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $263,072. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $75,442 median income, cost of living beats 63% of neighborhoods.
Is Ashley Park, Charlotte safe?
Ashley Park, Charlotte is safer than 2% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $2,071 per resident a year.
Compare Ashley Park, Charlotte with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ashley Park, Charlotte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ashley Park, Charlotte 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.
Ashley Park, Charlotte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ashley Park, Charlotte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ashley Park, Charlotte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ashley Park, Charlotte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ashley Park, Charlotte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ashley Park, Charlotte 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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