Best PlacesCane Creek, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cane Creek, 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.
Cane Creek ranks 18,392nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cane Creek
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.
Cane Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cane Creek ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Short commute19.3 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Cane Creek ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 23% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 23% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cane Creek
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cane Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,598, 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 Cane Creek's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cane Creek
Cane Creek runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cane Creek.
Who works in Cane Creek, and how
Work in Cane Creek centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cane Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cane Creek.
What the weather is like in Cane Creek, month by month
Cane Creek sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Cane Creek
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cane Creek
Schools across Cane Creek average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Harris MiddleA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Mayland Early CollegeA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cane Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cane Creek 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 Cane Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cane Creek
Is Cane Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cane Creek ranks 18,392nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, state finances, and short commutes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cane Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,397. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $61,598 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Cane Creek safe?
Cane Creek is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.
Compare Cane Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cane Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cane Creek 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.
Cane Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cane Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cane Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cane Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cane Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cane Creek 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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