Best PlacesMintz, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mintz, 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.
Mintz ranks 29,148th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mintz
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.
Mintz's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mintz ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 82% of towns
Where Mintz ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mintz
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mintz home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,045, 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 Mintz's effective rate of 0.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mintz
Mintz'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 Mintz.
Who works in Mintz, and how
Work in Mintz centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mintz
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mintz.
What the weather is like in Mintz, month by month
Mintz sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Mintz
The nearest airport, Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mintz
Schools across Mintz average a B, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beaver Dam ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Roseboro ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Bladen Lakes PrimaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seventy-first Classical MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- Roseboro-salemburg MiddleC+ · 39% proficient
- Elizabethtown MiddleD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Sampson Early College HighA+ · 95% proficient
- Massey Hill Classical HighA− · 67% proficient
- East Bladen HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mintz school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mintz 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 Mintz against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mintz
Is Mintz a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mintz ranks 29,148th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, civic engagement, and quiet, and lowest on disaster risk and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mintz expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $153,210. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $58,045 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Mintz safe?
Mintz is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $524 per resident a year.
Compare Mintz with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mintz. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mintz 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.
Mintz detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mintz: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mintz: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mintz: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mintz: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mintz 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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