Best PlacesBynum, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bynum, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bynum ranks 1,560th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bynum
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.
Bynum's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bynum ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$139,829 median, better than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
Where Bynum ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 30% of towns
- Cheap childcare$925 a month, better than only 33% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 34% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bynum
A household needs to earn about $124,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bynum home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $139,829, 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 Bynum'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 Bynum
Bynum runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Bynum.
Who works in Bynum, and how
Work in Bynum centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 35%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bynum
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bynum.
What the weather is like in Bynum, month by month
Bynum sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Bynum
Raleigh-Durham International sits about 21 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 Bynum
Schools across Bynum average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perry W Harrison ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Pittsboro ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Margaret B. Pollard MiddleA+ · 69% proficient
- Horton MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwood HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bynum school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bynum 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 Bynum against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bynum
Is Bynum a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bynum ranks 1,560th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bynum expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $487,336. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $139,829 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Bynum safe?
Bynum is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $396 per resident a year.
Compare Bynum with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bynum. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bynum 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.
Bynum detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bynum: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bynum: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bynum: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bynum: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bynum 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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