Best PlacesMurraysville, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Murraysville, 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.
Murraysville ranks 8,597th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Murraysville
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.
Murraysville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Murraysville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
Where Murraysville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Murraysville
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Murraysville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,179, 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 Murraysville's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Murraysville
Murraysville runs younger 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 Murraysville.
Who works in Murraysville, and how
Work in Murraysville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Murraysville
Murraysville has more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. The coast is about 11 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Murraysville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Murraysville, month by month
Murraysville sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 47° | 36° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Murraysville
The nearest airport, Wilmington International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Murraysville
Schools across Murraysville average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dr Hubert Eaton Sr ElemA+ · 78% proficient
- Murrayville ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
- Castle Hayne ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Emma B Trask MiddleA− · 58% proficient
- Holly Shelter MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilmington Early College HighA+ · 93% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Murraysville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Murraysville 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 Murraysville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Murraysville
Is Murraysville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Murraysville ranks 8,597th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, good schools, and population health, and lowest on disaster risk and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Murraysville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $320,707. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $84,179 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Murraysville safe?
Yes, Murraysville is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $232 per resident a year.
Compare Murraysville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Murraysville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Murraysville 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.
Murraysville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Murraysville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Murraysville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Murraysville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Murraysville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Murraysville 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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