Best PlacesGethsemane, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gethsemane, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Gethsemane ranks 45,992nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gethsemane
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.
Gethsemane's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gethsemane ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 71% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 67% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 65% of towns
Where Gethsemane ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gethsemane
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gethsemane home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,377, 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 Gethsemane's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gethsemane
Gethsemane runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gethsemane.
Who works in Gethsemane, and how
Work in Gethsemane centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Gethsemane
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gethsemane.
What the weather is like in Gethsemane, month by month
Gethsemane sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Gethsemane
The nearest airport, Pitt-Greenville, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gethsemane
Schools across Gethsemane average a C−, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coker-wimberly ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Scotland Neck Elementary Leadership AcadF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Enfield Middle S.t.e.a.m. AcademyD · 19% proficient
- Phillips MiddleD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Edgecombe Early College HighA · 77% proficient
- Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep AcademD · 20% proficient
- North Edgecombe HighD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gethsemane school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gethsemane 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 Gethsemane against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gethsemane
Is Gethsemane a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gethsemane ranks 45,992nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and quiet, and lowest on crime and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gethsemane expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $99,099. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $55,377 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Gethsemane safe?
Gethsemane is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,079 per resident a year.
Compare Gethsemane with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gethsemane. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gethsemane 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.
Gethsemane detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gethsemane: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gethsemane: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gethsemane: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gethsemane: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gethsemane 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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