Best PlacesFranklinville, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Franklinville, 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.
Franklinville ranks 22,605th 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 Franklinville
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.
Franklinville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Franklinville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 78% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Franklinville ranks low
- Short commute33.0 minutes each way, better than only 20% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 24% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 31% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Franklinville
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Franklinville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,489, 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 Franklinville's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Franklinville
Franklinville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Franklinville.
Who works in Franklinville, and how
Work in Franklinville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Franklinville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Franklinville.
What the weather is like in Franklinville, month by month
Franklinville sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 41° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Franklinville
The nearest airport, Piedmont Triad International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Franklinville
Schools across Franklinville average a B, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grays Chapel Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Randleman Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Franklinville Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northeastern Randolph Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Randleman Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Southeastern Randolph Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Randolph Early College High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Providence Grove High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Franklinville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Franklinville 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 Franklinville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Franklinville
Is Franklinville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Franklinville ranks 22,605th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, fast internet, and cheap car insurance, 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 Franklinville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,473. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $67,489 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Franklinville safe?
Franklinville is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $408 per resident a year.
Compare Franklinville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Franklinville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Franklinville 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.
Franklinville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Franklinville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Franklinville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Franklinville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Franklinville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Franklinville 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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