Best PlacesHickory Crossroads, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hickory Crossroads, 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.
Hickory Crossroads ranks 29,811th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hickory Crossroads
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.
Hickory Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hickory Crossroads ranks high
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 77% of towns
Where Hickory Crossroads ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute35.0 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hickory Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hickory Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,659, 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 Hickory Crossroads' effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Hickory Crossroads
Hickory Crossroads runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hickory Crossroads.
Who works in Hickory Crossroads, and how
Work in Hickory Crossroads centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hickory Crossroads
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hickory Crossroads.
What the weather is like in Hickory Crossroads, month by month
Hickory Crossroads sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Hickory Crossroads
The nearest airport, Norfolk International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hickory Crossroads
Schools across Hickory Crossroads average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hertford GrammarB+ · 54% proficient
- T S Cooper ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Perquimans County MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Chowan MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Gates County Senior HighB · 50% proficient
- Perquimans County HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hickory Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hickory Crossroads 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 Hickory Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hickory Crossroads
Is Hickory Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hickory Crossroads ranks 29,811th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, state finances, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hickory Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,754. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $66,659 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Hickory Crossroads safe?
Hickory Crossroads is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $494 per resident a year.
Compare Hickory Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hickory Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hickory Crossroads 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.
Hickory Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hickory Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hickory Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hickory Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hickory Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hickory Crossroads 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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