Best PlacesCreedmoor, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Creedmoor, 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.
Creedmoor ranks 7,429th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Creedmoor
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.
Creedmoor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Creedmoor ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 85% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 85% of towns
Where Creedmoor ranks low
- Short commute34.9 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 35% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Creedmoor
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Creedmoor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,868, 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 Creedmoor's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Creedmoor
Creedmoor'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 Creedmoor.
Who works in Creedmoor, and how
Work in Creedmoor centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Creedmoor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Creedmoor.
What the weather is like in Creedmoor, month by month
Creedmoor sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 31° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Creedmoor
Raleigh-Durham International sits about 18 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 Creedmoor
Schools across Creedmoor average a B−, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant Union ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- Wilton ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Mount Energy ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wakefield MiddleA · 67% proficient
- Wake Forest Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- G. C. Hawley MiddleB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Granville Early College HighA+ · 87% proficient
- North Wake College And Career AcademyA · 79% proficient
- City Of Medicine AcademyA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Creedmoor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Creedmoor 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 Creedmoor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Creedmoor
Is Creedmoor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Creedmoor ranks 7,429th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, civic engagement, and what local pay buys, and lowest on long commutes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Creedmoor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $344,423. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $93,868 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Creedmoor safe?
Creedmoor is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Creedmoor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Creedmoor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Creedmoor 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.
Creedmoor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Creedmoor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Creedmoor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Creedmoor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Creedmoor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Creedmoor 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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