Best PlacesBuckhorn Crossroads, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Buckhorn Crossroads, 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.
Buckhorn Crossroads ranks 5,166th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Buckhorn Crossroads
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.
Buckhorn Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Buckhorn Crossroads ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Household income$96,427 median, better than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
Where Buckhorn Crossroads ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 34% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Buckhorn Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Buckhorn Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,427, 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 Buckhorn Crossroads' 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 Buckhorn Crossroads
Buckhorn Crossroads'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 Buckhorn Crossroads.
Who works in Buckhorn Crossroads, and how
Work in Buckhorn Crossroads centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Buckhorn Crossroads
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Buckhorn Crossroads.
What the weather is like in Buckhorn Crossroads, month by month
Buckhorn Crossroads sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Buckhorn Crossroads
Raleigh-Durham International sits about 40 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.7 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Buckhorn Crossroads
Schools across Buckhorn Crossroads average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rock Ridge ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- Glendale-kenly ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Springfield MiddleA · 64% proficient
- North Johnston MiddleB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilson Early College AcademyA+ · 93% proficient
- Johnston Co Early College AcademyA+ · 85% proficient
- North Johnston HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Buckhorn Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Buckhorn Crossroads 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 Buckhorn Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Buckhorn Crossroads
Is Buckhorn Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Buckhorn Crossroads ranks 5,166th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, state finances, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Buckhorn Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $264,939. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $96,427 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Buckhorn Crossroads safe?
Yes, Buckhorn Crossroads is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
Compare Buckhorn Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Buckhorn Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Buckhorn Crossroads 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.
Buckhorn Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Buckhorn Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Buckhorn Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Buckhorn Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Buckhorn Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Buckhorn Crossroads 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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