Best PlacesFive Points, Raleigh, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Five Points, Raleigh, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Five Points, Raleigh ranks 77th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Five Points, Raleigh
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.
Five Points, Raleigh's strengths and weaknesses
Where Five Points, Raleigh ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Household income$177,409 median, better than 96% of neighborhoods
Where Five Points, Raleigh ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 29% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 40% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Five Points, Raleigh
A household needs to earn about $214,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Five Points, Raleigh home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $177,409, 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 Five Points, Raleigh's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Five Points, Raleigh
Five Points, Raleigh'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 Five Points, Raleigh.
Who works in Five Points, Raleigh, and how
Work in Five Points, Raleigh centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Five Points, Raleigh
Five Points, Raleigh has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 83% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Five Points, Raleigh and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Five Points, Raleigh, month by month
Five Points, Raleigh sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 31° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Five Points, Raleigh
Raleigh-Durham International sits about 10 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.7 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Five Points, Raleigh
Schools across Five Points, Raleigh average an A, better than 95% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Root ElementaryA · 71% proficient
- Lacy ElementaryA · 69% proficient
- Underwood ElementaryA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oberlin MiddleA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Raleigh Charter High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Vernon Malone College And Career AcademyA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Five Points, Raleigh school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Five Points, Raleigh 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 Five Points, Raleigh against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Five Points, Raleigh
Is Five Points, Raleigh a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Five Points, Raleigh ranks 77th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and civic engagement, and lowest on the weather and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Five Points, Raleigh expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $830,089. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $177,409 median income, cost of living beats 98% of neighborhoods.
Is Five Points, Raleigh safe?
Yes, Five Points, Raleigh is safer than 63% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $433 per resident a year.
Compare Five Points, Raleigh with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Five Points, Raleigh. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Five Points, Raleigh 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.
Five Points, Raleigh detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Five Points, Raleigh: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Five Points, Raleigh: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Five Points, Raleigh: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Five Points, Raleigh: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Five Points, Raleigh 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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