Best PlacesFirestone-Garden Park, Charlotte, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte, 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.
Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte ranks 4,900th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte
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.
Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte's strengths and weaknesses
Where Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
Where Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $51,899, 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 Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte'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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte
Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte.
Who works in Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte, and how
Work in Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 47%
- Work from home 50%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte
Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte has more parkland per resident than 86% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte, month by month
Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 31° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte
Charlotte/Douglas International sits about 7 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.9 million passengers in 2025, with 213 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte
Schools across Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte average a C, better than 68% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Statesville Road ElementaryD− · 14% proficient
- Oakdale ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ranson MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Levine Middle College High SchA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte 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 Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte
Is Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte ranks 4,900th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state finances, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on walkability and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $249,332. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $51,899 median income, cost of living beats 22% of neighborhoods.
Is Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte safe?
Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte is safer than 19% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $759 per resident a year.
Compare Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte 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.
Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Firestone-Garden Park, Charlotte 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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