Best PlacesHurdle Mills, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hurdle Mills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hurdle Mills ranks 10,761st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hurdle Mills
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.
Hurdle Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hurdle Mills ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of towns
Where Hurdle Mills ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute33.8 minutes each way, better than only 17% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cheap childcare$942 a month, better than only 31% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hurdle Mills
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hurdle Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,682, 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 Hurdle Mills' effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Hurdle Mills
Hurdle Mills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hurdle Mills.
Who works in Hurdle Mills, and how
Work in Hurdle Mills centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hurdle Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hurdle Mills.
What the weather is like in Hurdle Mills, month by month
Hurdle Mills sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Hurdle Mills
Raleigh-Durham International sits about 31 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 Hurdle Mills
Schools across Hurdle Mills average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hillsborough ElementaryA · 69% proficient
- Oak Lane ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Woodland ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Orange MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Southern MiddleB · 47% proficient
- N L Dillard MiddleC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Orange HighA− · 63% proficient
- Person HighB− · 41% proficient
- Bartlett Yancey HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hurdle Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hurdle Mills 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 Hurdle Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hurdle Mills
Is Hurdle Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hurdle Mills ranks 10,761st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, state finances, and fast internet, and lowest on an overheated housing market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hurdle Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $262,869. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $89,682 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Hurdle Mills safe?
Hurdle Mills is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.
Compare Hurdle Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hurdle Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hurdle Mills 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.
Hurdle Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hurdle Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hurdle Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hurdle Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hurdle Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hurdle Mills 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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