Best PlacesLittleton, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Littleton, 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.
Littleton ranks 37,164th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Littleton
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.
Littleton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Littleton ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 75% of towns
- Cheap childcare$646 a month, better than 74% of towns
Where Littleton ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Littleton
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Littleton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $69,818, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Littleton's effective rate of 0.74%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Littleton
Littleton runs older than the country, 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 Littleton.
Who works in Littleton, and how
Work in Littleton centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Littleton
Littleton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Littleton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Littleton, month by month
Littleton sees roughly 71 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 Littleton
Raleigh-Durham International sits about 63 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 Littleton
Schools across Littleton average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Aurelian Springs Institute Of Global LeaC− · 25% proficient
- Hollister Elementary Leadership AcademyD · 19% proficient
- Pittman Elementary Leadership AcademyD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Warren County MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- William R Davie Middle S.t.e.m. AcademyD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Warren Early College HighA− · 60% proficient
- Northwest Halifax Collegiate And TechnicD− · 17% proficient
- Warren County HighD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Littleton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Littleton 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 Littleton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Littleton
Is Littleton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Littleton ranks 37,164th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, and lowest on the schools and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Littleton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $352,686. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $69,818 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Littleton safe?
Littleton is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $709 per resident a year.
Compare Littleton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Littleton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Littleton 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.
Littleton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Littleton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Littleton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Littleton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Littleton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Littleton 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.