Best PlacesMud Castle, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mud Castle, 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.
Mud Castle ranks 49,938th 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 Mud Castle
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.
Mud Castle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mud Castle ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 78% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 77% of towns
- Short commute23.9 minutes each way, better than 69% of towns
Where Mud Castle ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Household income$33,421 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mud Castle
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mud Castle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $33,421, 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 Mud Castle's effective rate of 0.98%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mud Castle
Mud Castle 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 Mud Castle.
Who works in Mud Castle, and how
Work in Mud Castle centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mud Castle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mud Castle.
What the weather is like in Mud Castle, month by month
Mud Castle sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 39° | 31° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Mud Castle
The nearest airport, Pitt-Greenville, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mud Castle
Schools across Mud Castle average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Weldon Elementary Global AcademyD− · 11% proficient
- Gaston Stem Leadership AcademyF · 7% proficient
Top middle schools
- Weldon MiddleD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Northampton County High SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Weldon Stem High School Career AcademiesF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mud Castle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mud Castle 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 Mud Castle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mud Castle
Is Mud Castle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mud Castle ranks 49,938th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, fast internet, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on crime and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mud Castle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $92,020. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $33,421 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Mud Castle safe?
Mud Castle is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,301 per resident a year.
Compare Mud Castle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mud Castle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mud Castle 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.
Mud Castle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mud Castle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mud Castle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mud Castle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mud Castle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mud Castle 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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