Best PlacesMaysville, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maysville, 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.
Maysville ranks 26,873rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Maysville
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.
Maysville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maysville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 77% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 76% of towns
Where Maysville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maysville
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maysville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,040, 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 Maysville's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Maysville
Maysville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maysville.
Who works in Maysville, and how
Work in Maysville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Maysville
The coast is about 31 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Maysville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Maysville, month by month
Maysville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Maysville
The nearest airport, Coastal Carolina Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Maysville
Schools across Maysville average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- W Jesse Gurganus ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- Silverdale ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- Morton ElementaryA− · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tucker Creek MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Swansboro MiddleA · 63% proficient
- Grover C Fields MiddleA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College East HighA+ · 95% proficient
- Swansboro HighA · 69% proficient
- White Oak HighB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maysville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maysville 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 Maysville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maysville
Is Maysville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maysville ranks 26,873rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and quiet, and lowest on disaster risk and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maysville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,672. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $68,040 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Maysville safe?
Maysville is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $325 per resident a year.
Compare Maysville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maysville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maysville 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.
Maysville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maysville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maysville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maysville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maysville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maysville 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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