Best PlacesKings Creek, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kings Creek, 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.
Kings Creek ranks 15,651st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kings Creek
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.
Kings Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kings Creek ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
Where Kings Creek ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Household income$60,769 median, better than only 29% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 30% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kings Creek
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kings Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,769, 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 Kings Creek's effective rate of 0.49%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Kings Creek
Kings Creek runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kings Creek.
Who works in Kings Creek, and how
Work in Kings Creek centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Kings Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kings Creek.
What the weather is like in Kings Creek, month by month
Kings Creek sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Kings Creek
The nearest airport, Concord-Padgett Regional, is about 59 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kings Creek
Schools across Kings Creek average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kings Creek ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Caldwell Early CollegeA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kings Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kings Creek 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 Kings Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kings Creek
Is Kings Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kings Creek ranks 15,651st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, state finances, and tree cover, and lowest on biking and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kings Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,500. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $60,769 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Kings Creek safe?
Yes, Kings Creek is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $298 per resident a year.
Compare Kings Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kings Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kings Creek 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.
Kings Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kings Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kings Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kings Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kings Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kings Creek 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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