Best PlacesMyrtle Grove, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Myrtle Grove, 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.
Myrtle Grove ranks 2,554th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Myrtle Grove
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.
Myrtle Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Myrtle Grove ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
Where Myrtle Grove ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Myrtle Grove
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Myrtle Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,060, 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 Myrtle Grove's effective rate of 0.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Myrtle Grove
Myrtle Grove runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Myrtle Grove.
Who works in Myrtle Grove, and how
Work in Myrtle Grove 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 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Myrtle Grove
Myrtle Grove has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns. The coast is about 8 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Myrtle Grove and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Myrtle Grove, month by month
Myrtle Grove 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 Myrtle Grove
The nearest airport, Wilmington International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Myrtle Grove
Schools across Myrtle Grove average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dr John Codington ElemA+ · 73% proficient
- Edwin A Anderson ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Island Montessori Charter SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Charles P Murray MiddleA · 67% proficient
- Myrtle Grove MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Isaac M Bear Early College High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Wilmington Early College HighA+ · 93% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Myrtle Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Myrtle Grove 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 Myrtle Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Myrtle Grove
Is Myrtle Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Myrtle Grove ranks 2,554th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, good schools, and health care access, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Myrtle Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $458,243. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $116,060 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Myrtle Grove safe?
Yes, Myrtle Grove is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Myrtle Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Myrtle Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Myrtle Grove 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.
Myrtle Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Myrtle Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Myrtle Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Myrtle Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Myrtle Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Myrtle Grove 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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