Best PlacesMayos Crossroads, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mayos Crossroads, 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.
Mayos Crossroads ranks 44,367th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mayos 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.
Mayos Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mayos Crossroads ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 74% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 70% of towns
Where Mayos Crossroads ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mayos Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mayos Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,224, 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 Mayos Crossroads' effective rate of 0.92%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mayos Crossroads
Mayos Crossroads 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 Mayos Crossroads.
Who works in Mayos Crossroads, and how
Work in Mayos Crossroads centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mayos Crossroads
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mayos Crossroads.
What the weather is like in Mayos Crossroads, month by month
Mayos Crossroads sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Mayos Crossroads
The nearest airport, Pitt-Greenville, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mayos Crossroads
Schools across Mayos Crossroads average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bethel ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Princeville ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
- South Creek ElementaryD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- W A Pattillo MiddleC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Edgecombe Early College HighA · 77% proficient
- North Pitt HighC · 32% proficient
- South Creek HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mayos Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mayos 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 Mayos Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mayos Crossroads
Is Mayos Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mayos Crossroads ranks 44,367th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and few empty homes, and lowest on crime and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mayos Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $99,906. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $61,224 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Mayos Crossroads safe?
Mayos Crossroads is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $804 per resident a year.
Compare Mayos Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mayos Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mayos 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.
Mayos Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mayos Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mayos Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mayos Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mayos Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mayos 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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