Best PlacesBayview, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bayview, 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.
Bayview ranks 33,734th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bayview
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.
Bayview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bayview ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
Where Bayview ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bayview
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bayview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $80,079; 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 Bayview'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 Bayview
Bayview runs older than the country, 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 Bayview.
Who works in Bayview, and how
Work in Bayview centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bayview
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bayview.
What the weather is like in Bayview, month by month
Bayview sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Bayview
The nearest airport, Coastal Carolina Regional, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 115 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bayview
Schools across Bayview average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bath ElementaryA− · 61% proficient
- S W Snowden ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Northside HighB− · 43% proficient
- Pamlico County HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bayview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bayview 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 Bayview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bayview
Is Bayview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bayview ranks 33,734th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, quiet, and state finances, and lowest on disaster risk and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bayview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $346,300. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $80,079 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Bayview safe?
Bayview is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $441 per resident a year.
Compare Bayview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bayview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bayview 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.
Bayview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bayview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bayview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bayview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bayview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bayview 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.