Best PlacesMapleville, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mapleville, 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.
Mapleville ranks 15,910th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mapleville
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.
Mapleville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mapleville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 82% of towns
Where Mapleville ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 19% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 26% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mapleville
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mapleville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,230, 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 Mapleville's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mapleville
Mapleville 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 Mapleville.
Who works in Mapleville, and how
Work in Mapleville centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mapleville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mapleville.
What the weather is like in Mapleville, month by month
Mapleville sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Mapleville
Raleigh-Durham International sits about 33 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 Mapleville
Schools across Mapleville average a B, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Edward Best ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Terrell Lane MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Franklin County Early CollegeA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mapleville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mapleville 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 Mapleville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mapleville
Is Mapleville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mapleville ranks 15,910th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, state finances, and a strong job market, and lowest on crime and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mapleville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $138,992. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $95,230 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Mapleville safe?
Mapleville is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $969 per resident a year.
Compare Mapleville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mapleville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mapleville 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.
Mapleville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mapleville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mapleville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mapleville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mapleville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mapleville 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.