Best PlacesButters, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Butters, 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.
Butters ranks 37,177th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Butters
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.
Butters' strengths and weaknesses
Where Butters ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$588 a month, better than 80% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 78% of towns
Where Butters ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
- Household income$54,175 median, better than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Butters
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Butters home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,175, 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 Butters' effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Butters
Butters runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Butters.
Who works in Butters, and how
Work in Butters centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Butters
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Butters.
What the weather is like in Butters, month by month
Butters sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 57, 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 | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Butters
The nearest airport, Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Butters
Schools across Butters average a C+, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Robeson PrimaryC · 35% proficient
- Bladenboro PrimaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bladenboro MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Littlefield MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Psrc Early College At RccA+ · 93% proficient
- West Bladen HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Butters school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Butters 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 Butters against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Butters
Is Butters a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Butters ranks 37,177th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, fast internet, and civic engagement, and lowest on disaster risk and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Butters expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,113. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $54,175 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Butters safe?
Butters is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $396 per resident a year.
Compare Butters with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Butters. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Butters 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.
Butters detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Butters: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Butters: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Butters: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Butters: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Butters 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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