Best PlacesFoxcroft, Charlotte, NC Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Foxcroft, Charlotte, 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.

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Foxcroft, Charlotte ranks 42nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in Foxcroft, Charlotte

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Foxcroft, Charlotte area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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Foxcroft, Charlotte's strengths and weaknesses

#42Best US area overall
Top 1%Good schools
Top 1%What local pay buys
Top 3%A strong job market
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Foxcroft, Charlotte with other neighborhoods.

Where Foxcroft, Charlotte ranks high

  • School gradeA+, better than 99% of neighborhoods
  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
  • Local economyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
  • Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
  • Tree shadeBetter than 95% of neighborhoods

Where Foxcroft, Charlotte ranks low

  • Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
  • Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of neighborhoods
  • WalkabilityBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
  • BikingBetter than only 23% of neighborhoods
  • Cell coverageBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in Foxcroft, Charlotte

A household needs to earn about $348,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Foxcroft, Charlotte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $162,820, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$348,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$8,114
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $1,339,288 home
Median rent
$2,149
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$6,829
Property tax$839
Homeowners insurance$446

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 Foxcroft, Charlotte's effective rate of 0.75%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Foxcroft, Charlotte

Foxcroft, Charlotte's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
41
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
14%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.4
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1823%
18 to 3418%
35 to 4922%
50 to 6424%
65 and older14%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Foxcroft, Charlotte.


Who works in Foxcroft, Charlotte, and how

Work in Foxcroft, Charlotte centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
25%
above the national average
Unemployment
1.9%
below the national average
Job growth
+13.8%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Professional & technical24%
Finance & insurance20%
Health care & social13%
Manufacturing10%
Retail trade6%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 70%
  • Work from home 25%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 5%

Life in Foxcroft, Charlotte

Foxcroft, Charlotte has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Foxcroft, Charlotte and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
57
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 85.3 per 10,000 residents, more than 77% of neighborhoods

What the weather is like in Foxcroft, Charlotte, month by month

Foxcroft, Charlotte sees roughly 60 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.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January56°43°31°
April77°63°49°
July93°81°71°
October78°64°51°

Flying in and out of Foxcroft, Charlotte

Charlotte/Douglas International sits about 9 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.9 million passengers in 2025, with 213 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
CLT
Charlotte/Douglas International, about 9 miles
Airport size
Large hub
11th-busiest in the US, 213 nonstop destinations
Average drive
12 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Foxcroft, Charlotte

Schools across Foxcroft, Charlotte average an A+, better than 99% of neighborhoods.

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Foxcroft, Charlotte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Foxcroft, 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 Foxcroft, Charlotte against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Common questions about living in Foxcroft, Charlotte

Is Foxcroft, Charlotte a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Foxcroft, Charlotte ranks 42nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on good schools, what local pay buys, and a strong job market, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Foxcroft, Charlotte expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $1,339,288. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $162,820 median income, cost of living beats 99% of neighborhoods.

Is Foxcroft, Charlotte safe?

Yes, Foxcroft, Charlotte is safer than 76% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $343 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Foxcroft, Charlotte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Foxcroft, 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.

Foxcroft, Charlotte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Foxcroft, Charlotte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Foxcroft, Charlotte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Foxcroft, Charlotte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Foxcroft, Charlotte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Foxcroft, Charlotte detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.