Best PlacesGoldsboro, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Goldsboro, 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.
Goldsboro ranks 5,760th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Goldsboro
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.
Goldsboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goldsboro ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 90% of towns
Where Goldsboro ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Goldsboro
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goldsboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,208, 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 Goldsboro's effective rate of 1.64%, 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.
Who lives in Goldsboro
Goldsboro'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 Goldsboro.
Who works in Goldsboro, and how
Work in Goldsboro centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Goldsboro
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Goldsboro.
What the weather is like in Goldsboro, month by month
Goldsboro sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Goldsboro
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Goldsboro
Schools across Goldsboro average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Red Mill El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Fishing Creek El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crossroads MsB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Red Land ShsA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goldsboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goldsboro 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 Goldsboro against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Goldsboro
Is Goldsboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goldsboro ranks 5,760th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, civic engagement, and population health, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Goldsboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $250,426. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $88,208 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Goldsboro safe?
Yes, Goldsboro is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $83 per resident a year.
Compare Goldsboro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goldsboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goldsboro 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.
Goldsboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goldsboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goldsboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goldsboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goldsboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goldsboro 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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