Best PlacesEure, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eure, 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.
Eure ranks 21,737th 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 Eure
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.
Eure's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eure ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
Where Eure ranks low
- Short commute34.4 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eure
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eure home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,146, 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 Eure's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Eure
Eure runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eure.
Who works in Eure, and how
Work in Eure centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Eure
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Eure.
What the weather is like in Eure, month by month
Eure sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 40° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 76° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Eure
The nearest airport, Norfolk International, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eure
Schools across Eure average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gatesville ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Buckland ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Hertford County MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Gates County Senior HighB · 50% proficient
- Cs Brown High - Stem ProgramB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eure school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eure 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 Eure against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eure
Is Eure a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eure ranks 21,737th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on long commutes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eure expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,109. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $80,146 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Eure safe?
Eure is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $351 per resident a year.
Compare Eure with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eure. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eure 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.
Eure detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eure: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eure: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eure: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eure: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eure 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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