Best PlacesFulcher Landing, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fulcher Landing, 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.
Fulcher Landing ranks 11,298th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fulcher Landing
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.
Fulcher Landing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fulcher Landing ranks high
- Short commute11.3 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
Where Fulcher Landing ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fulcher Landing
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fulcher Landing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,516, 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 Fulcher Landing's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fulcher Landing
Fulcher Landing runs younger than the country, 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 Fulcher Landing.
Who works in Fulcher Landing, and how
Work in Fulcher Landing centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 27%
Life in Fulcher Landing
The coast is about 36 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Fulcher Landing, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fulcher Landing, month by month
Fulcher Landing sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Fulcher Landing
The nearest airport, Albert J Ellis, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fulcher Landing
Schools across Fulcher Landing average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dixon ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Sand Ridge ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Hunters Creek ElementaryB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dixon MiddleA · 59% proficient
- Hunters Creek MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Dixon HighA− · 65% proficient
- White Oak HighB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fulcher Landing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fulcher Landing 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 Fulcher Landing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fulcher Landing
Is Fulcher Landing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fulcher Landing ranks 11,298th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, population health, and a strong job market, and lowest on disaster risk and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fulcher Landing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $261,500. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $107,516 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Fulcher Landing safe?
Fulcher Landing is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $547 per resident a year.
Compare Fulcher Landing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fulcher Landing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fulcher Landing 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.
Fulcher Landing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fulcher Landing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fulcher Landing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fulcher Landing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fulcher Landing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fulcher Landing 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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