Best PlacesMarshville, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marshville, 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.
Marshville ranks 14,833rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Marshville
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.
Marshville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marshville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 79% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
Where Marshville ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 33% of towns
- Cheap childcare$914 a month, better than only 35% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 74 pleasant days a year, better than only 35% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marshville
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marshville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,189, 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 Marshville's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Marshville
Marshville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Marshville.
Who works in Marshville, and how
Work in Marshville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Marshville
Marshville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Marshville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Marshville, month by month
Marshville sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Marshville
The nearest airport, Concord-Padgett Regional, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Marshville
Schools across Marshville average a B+, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Unionville ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- New Salem ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Marshville ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Piedmont MiddleA · 65% proficient
- East Union MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Anson MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Academy Of Technology And ArtsA+ · 95% proficient
- Union County Early CollegeA+ · 90% proficient
- Anson Co. Early College HighB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marshville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marshville 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 Marshville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Marshville
Is Marshville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marshville ranks 14,833rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, good schools, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on summer heat and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marshville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $272,250. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $73,189 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Marshville safe?
Marshville is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $396 per resident a year.
Compare Marshville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marshville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marshville 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.
Marshville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marshville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marshville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marshville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marshville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marshville 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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