Best PlacesFlows Store, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Flows Store, 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.
Flows Store ranks 1,058th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Flows Store
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.
Flows Store's strengths and weaknesses
Where Flows Store ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$117,848 median, better than 92% of towns
Where Flows Store ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,018 a month, better than only 24% of towns
- Short commute31.9 minutes each way, better than only 24% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Flows Store
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Flows Store home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $117,848, 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 Flows Store's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Flows Store
Flows Store's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Flows Store.
Who works in Flows Store, and how
Work in Flows Store centers on finance & insurance and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Flows Store
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Flows Store.
What the weather is like in Flows Store, month by month
Flows Store sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Flows Store
The nearest airport, Concord-Padgett Regional, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 22 miles away.
The best schools in and around Flows Store
Schools across Flows Store average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Patriots ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- Bethel ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Rocky River ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- C C Griffin MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Cabarrus-kannapolis Early CollA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Flows Store school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Flows Store 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 Flows Store against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Flows Store
Is Flows Store a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Flows Store ranks 1,058th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, civic engagement, and what local pay buys, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Flows Store expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $437,488. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $117,848 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Flows Store safe?
Yes, Flows Store is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
Compare Flows Store with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Flows Store. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Flows Store 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.
Flows Store detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Flows Store: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Flows Store: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Flows Store: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Flows Store: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Flows Store 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.
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