Best PlacesDavie County, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Davie County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Davie County ranks 362nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Davie County
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.
Davie County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Davie County ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 87% of counties
Where Davie County ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 8% of counties
- Short commute27.3 minutes each way, better than only 28% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 31% of counties
- BikingBetter than only 32% of counties
- Cheap childcare$851 a month, better than only 34% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Davie County
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Davie County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,273, 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 Davie County's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Davie County
Davie County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Davie County.
Who works in Davie County, and how
Work in Davie County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Davie County
Davie County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Davie County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Davie County growing, and who is moving in?
Davie County has grown about 10% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Winston Salem, NC metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Davie County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Davie County, month by month
Davie County sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Davie County
The nearest airport, Piedmont Triad International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Davie County
Schools across Davie County average an A, better than 96% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Shady Grove ElementaryA+ · 76% proficient
- Pinebrook ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Cornatzer ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- William Ellis MiddleA · 66% proficient
- North Davie MiddleA · 62% proficient
- South Davie MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Davie County Early College HighA+ · 83% proficient
- Davie County HighA− · 66% proficient
- Rowan Co Early CollegeA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Davie County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Davie County 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 Davie County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Davie County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 82% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Davie County
Is Davie County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Davie County ranks 362nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on good schools, fast internet, and civic engagement, and lowest on walkability and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Davie County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $281,772. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $80,273 median income, cost of living beats 82% of counties.
Is Davie County safe?
Yes, Davie County is safer than 80% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Davie County?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 51 with lows near 31. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 36% of counties.
Is Davie County good for families?
Schools beat 96% of counties, crime safety beats 80%, and childcare runs $851 a month.
Compare Davie County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Davie County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Davie County 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.
Davie County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Davie County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Davie County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Davie County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Davie County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Davie County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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