Best PlacesBertie County, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Bertie County, 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.
Bertie County ranks 2,935th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bertie County
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.
Bertie County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bertie County ranks high
- QuietBetter than 93% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 87% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 66% of counties
Where Bertie County ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of counties
- Household income$50,474 median, better than only 9% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Bertie County
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bertie County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,474, 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 Bertie County's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bertie County
Bertie County 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 Bertie County.
Who works in Bertie County, and how
Work in Bertie County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Bertie County
Bertie County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Bertie County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Bertie County growing, and who is moving in?
Bertie County has lost about 17% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Chowan County, NC.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Bertie County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Bertie County, month by month
Bertie County sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 74° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 90° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 76° | 66° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Bertie County
The nearest airport, Pitt-Greenville, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bertie County
Schools across Bertie County average a C+, better than 56% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Colerain ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- Aulander ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- West Bertie ElementaryD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bertie MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Bertie Early College HighA− · 67% proficient
- Bertie HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bertie County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bertie County 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 Bertie County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Bertie County
Is Bertie County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bertie County ranks 2,935th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on quiet, state finances, and clean air, and lowest on crime and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bertie County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,654. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $50,474 median income, cost of living beats 15% of counties.
Is Bertie County safe?
Bertie County is safer than 1% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $976 per resident a year.
Compare Bertie County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bertie County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bertie County 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.
Bertie County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bertie County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bertie County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bertie County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bertie County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bertie County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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.