Best PlacesChadbourn, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chadbourn, 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.
Chadbourn ranks 46,366th 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 Chadbourn
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.
Chadbourn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chadbourn ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 77% of towns
- Cheap childcare$627 a month, better than 76% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Chadbourn ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Household income$44,037 median, better than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chadbourn
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chadbourn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $44,037, 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 Chadbourn'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 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 Chadbourn
Chadbourn 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 Chadbourn.
Who works in Chadbourn, and how
Work in Chadbourn centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Chadbourn
The coast is about 52 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Chadbourn, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Chadbourn, month by month
Chadbourn sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 47° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 66° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Chadbourn
The nearest airport, Myrtle Beach International, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chadbourn
Schools across Chadbourn average a C, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Williams TownshipC+ · 37% proficient
- Chadbourn ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Whiteville HighB+ · 55% proficient
- South Columbus HighB · 47% proficient
- Columbus Career And College AcademyB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chadbourn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chadbourn 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 Chadbourn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chadbourn
Is Chadbourn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chadbourn ranks 46,366th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, fast internet, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on disaster risk and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chadbourn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,773. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $44,037 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Chadbourn safe?
Chadbourn is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $640 per resident a year.
Compare Chadbourn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chadbourn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chadbourn 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.
Chadbourn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chadbourn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chadbourn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chadbourn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chadbourn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chadbourn 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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