Best PlacesGoose Pond, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Goose Pond, 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.
Goose Pond ranks 28,198th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Goose Pond
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.
Goose Pond's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goose Pond ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of towns
- Household income$98,543 median, better than 84% of towns
Where Goose Pond ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Goose Pond
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goose Pond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,543, 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 Goose Pond's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Goose Pond
Goose Pond runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Goose Pond.
Who works in Goose Pond, and how
Work in Goose Pond centers on public administration and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Goose Pond
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Goose Pond.
What the weather is like in Goose Pond, month by month
Goose Pond sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 74° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 90° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 76° | 66° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Goose Pond
The nearest airport, Pitt-Greenville, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Goose Pond
Schools across Goose Pond average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Colerain ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bertie MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Bertie Early College HighA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goose Pond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goose Pond 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 Goose Pond against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Goose Pond
Is Goose Pond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goose Pond ranks 28,198th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, state finances, and quiet, and lowest on crime and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Goose Pond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,500. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $98,543 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Goose Pond safe?
Goose Pond is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $835 per resident a year.
Compare Goose Pond with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goose Pond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goose Pond 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.
Goose Pond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goose Pond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goose Pond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goose Pond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goose Pond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goose Pond 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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