Best PlacesGreen Hill, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Green Hill, 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.
Green Hill ranks 18,903rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Green Hill
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.
Green Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Green Hill ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 86% of towns
Where Green Hill ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Household income$53,793 median, better than only 17% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 20% of towns
- Short commute31.9 minutes each way, better than only 24% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Green Hill
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Green Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $53,793, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Green Hill's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Green Hill
Green Hill runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Green Hill.
Who works in Green Hill, and how
Work in Green Hill centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Green Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Green Hill.
What the weather is like in Green Hill, month by month
Green Hill sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Green Hill
The nearest airport, Asheville Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Green Hill
Schools across Green Hill average a B+, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pinnacle Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- R-s Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Rutherford Early College High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Green Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Green Hill 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 Green Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Green Hill
Is Green Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Green Hill ranks 18,903rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, few empty homes, and state finances, and lowest on an overheated housing market and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Green Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $254,434. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $53,793 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Green Hill safe?
Green Hill is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $371 per resident a year.
Compare Green Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Green Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Green Hill 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.
Green Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Green Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Green Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Green Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Green Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Green Hill 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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