Best PlacesIrvings Crossroads, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Irvings Crossroads, 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.
Irvings Crossroads ranks 27,353rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Irvings 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.
Irvings Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Irvings Crossroads ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
Where Irvings Crossroads ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Irvings Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Irvings Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,587, 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 Irvings Crossroads' effective rate of 0.61%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Irvings Crossroads
Irvings Crossroads runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Irvings Crossroads.
Who works in Irvings Crossroads, and how
Work in Irvings Crossroads centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Irvings Crossroads
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Irvings Crossroads.
What the weather is like in Irvings Crossroads, month by month
Irvings Crossroads sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Irvings Crossroads
The nearest airport, Albert J Ellis, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Irvings Crossroads
Schools across Irvings Crossroads average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Comfort ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Pink Hill ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodington MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Lenoir County Early College HighA · 70% proficient
- South Lenoir HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Irvings Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Irvings 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 Irvings Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Irvings Crossroads
Is Irvings Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Irvings Crossroads ranks 27,353rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, state finances, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on disaster risk and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Irvings Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,392. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $69,587 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Irvings Crossroads safe?
Irvings Crossroads is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $401 per resident a year.
Compare Irvings Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Irvings Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Irvings 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.
Irvings Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Irvings Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Irvings Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Irvings Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Irvings Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Irvings 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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