Best PlacesDeep Gap, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deep Gap, 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.
Deep Gap ranks 18,091st 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 Deep Gap
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.
Deep Gap's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deep Gap ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
Where Deep Gap ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$54,165 median, better than only 18% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Deep Gap
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deep Gap home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $54,165, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Deep Gap's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 Deep Gap
Deep Gap 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 Deep Gap.
Who works in Deep Gap, and how
Work in Deep Gap centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Deep Gap
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Deep Gap.
What the weather is like in Deep Gap, month by month
Deep Gap sees roughly 90 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 Deep Gap
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Deep Gap
Schools across Deep Gap average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Parkway ElementaryA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Wilkes Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilkes Early College High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Watauga Innovation AcademyA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deep Gap school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deep Gap 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 Deep Gap against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Deep Gap
Is Deep Gap a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deep Gap ranks 18,091st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, a strong job market, and low property taxes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Deep Gap expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $347,144. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $54,165 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Deep Gap safe?
Deep Gap is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
Compare Deep Gap with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deep Gap. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deep Gap 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.
Deep Gap detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deep Gap: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deep Gap: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deep Gap: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deep Gap: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deep Gap 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.