Best PlacesErvintown, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ervintown, 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.
Ervintown ranks 36,292nd 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 Ervintown
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.
Ervintown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ervintown ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of towns
Where Ervintown ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Short commute33.7 minutes each way, better than only 18% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ervintown
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ervintown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,110, 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 Ervintown's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ervintown
Ervintown runs younger 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 Ervintown.
Who works in Ervintown, and how
Work in Ervintown centers on construction and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ervintown
The coast is about 40 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ervintown, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ervintown, month by month
Ervintown sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Ervintown
The nearest airport, Albert J Ellis, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ervintown
Schools across Ervintown average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Heritage Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Trexler MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Richlands HighB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ervintown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ervintown 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 Ervintown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ervintown
Is Ervintown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ervintown ranks 36,292nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cell coverage, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on disaster risk and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ervintown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,085. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $65,110 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Ervintown safe?
Ervintown is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $406 per resident a year.
Compare Ervintown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ervintown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ervintown 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.
Ervintown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ervintown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ervintown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ervintown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ervintown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ervintown 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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