Best PlacesMoyock, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moyock, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Moyock ranks 2,122nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Moyock
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.
Moyock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moyock ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$119,316 median, better than 93% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
Where Moyock ranks low
- Short commute35.7 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 29% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 74 pleasant days a year, better than only 36% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moyock
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moyock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,316, 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 Moyock's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Moyock
Moyock's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Moyock.
Who works in Moyock, and how
Work in Moyock centers on retail trade 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 0%
Life in Moyock
Moyock has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns. The coast is about 37 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Moyock and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Moyock, month by month
Moyock sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 71° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Moyock
The nearest airport, Norfolk International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Moyock
Schools across Moyock average an A−, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grandy PrimaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Shawboro Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Moyock ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Camden MiddleA · 61% proficient
- Moyock MiddleA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- The Jp Knapp Ech (i)schoolA+ · 91% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moyock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moyock 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 Moyock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moyock
Is Moyock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moyock ranks 2,122nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and good schools, and lowest on long commutes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moyock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $393,796. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $119,316 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Moyock safe?
Yes, Moyock is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Moyock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moyock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moyock 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.
Moyock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moyock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moyock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moyock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moyock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moyock 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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