Best PlacesGrissom, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grissom, 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.
Grissom ranks 3,006th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Grissom
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.
Grissom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grissom ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$116,784 median, better than 92% of towns
Where Grissom ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Short commute37.3 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 36% of towns
- Cheap childcare$887 a month, better than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grissom
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grissom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,784, 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 Grissom's effective rate of 0.48%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Grissom
Grissom'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 Grissom.
Who works in Grissom, and how
Work in Grissom centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Grissom
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grissom.
What the weather is like in Grissom, month by month
Grissom sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 31° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Grissom
Raleigh-Durham International sits about 15 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.7 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Grissom
Schools across Grissom average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant Union ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- North Forest Pines ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- Mount Energy ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wakefield MiddleA · 67% proficient
- G. C. Hawley MiddleB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- North Wake College And Career AcademyA · 79% proficient
- Wake Forest High SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Wakefield HighA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grissom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grissom 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 Grissom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grissom
Is Grissom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grissom ranks 3,006th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, civic engagement, and tree cover, and lowest on the weather and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grissom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $360,679. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $116,784 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Grissom safe?
Grissom is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $326 per resident a year.
Compare Grissom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grissom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grissom 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.
Grissom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grissom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grissom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grissom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grissom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grissom 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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