Best PlacesHeathsville, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Heathsville, 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.
Heathsville ranks 46,250th 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 Heathsville
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.
Heathsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Heathsville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 78% of towns
- Cheap childcare$666 a month, better than 70% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 69% of towns
Where Heathsville ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Heathsville
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Heathsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,322, 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 Heathsville's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Heathsville
Heathsville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Heathsville.
Who works in Heathsville, and how
Work in Heathsville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Heathsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Heathsville.
What the weather is like in Heathsville, month by month
Heathsville sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 50, 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 | 50° | 39° | 31° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Heathsville
The nearest airport, Pitt-Greenville, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Heathsville
Schools across Heathsville average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Aurelian Springs Institute Of Global LeaC− · 25% proficient
- Pittman Elementary Leadership AcademyD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Enfield Middle S.t.e.a.m. AcademyD · 19% proficient
- William R Davie Middle S.t.e.m. AcademyD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwest Halifax Collegiate And TechnicD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Heathsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Heathsville 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 Heathsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Heathsville
Is Heathsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Heathsville ranks 46,250th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, civic engagement, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on crime and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Heathsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,803. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $68,322 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Heathsville safe?
Heathsville is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $939 per resident a year.
Compare Heathsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Heathsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Heathsville 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.
Heathsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Heathsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Heathsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Heathsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Heathsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Heathsville 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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