Best PlacesNew Lands, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Lands, 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.
New Lands ranks 46,849th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Lands
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.
New Lands' strengths and weaknesses
Where New Lands ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$526 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
Where New Lands ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Lands
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Lands home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,706, 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 New Lands' effective rate of 0.63%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in New Lands
New Lands 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 New Lands.
Who works in New Lands, and how
Work in New Lands centers on public administration and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in New Lands
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Lands.
What the weather is like in New Lands, month by month
New Lands sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 74° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 90° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 76° | 66° | 57° |
Flying in and out of New Lands
The nearest airport, Pitt-Greenville, is about 63 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Lands
Schools across New Lands average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tyrrell ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Columbia MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Columbia HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Lands school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Lands 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 New Lands against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Lands
Is New Lands a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Lands ranks 46,849th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, state finances, and affordable childcare, and lowest on disaster risk and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Lands expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,800. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $54,706 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is New Lands safe?
New Lands is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $726 per resident a year.
Compare New Lands with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Lands. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Lands 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.
New Lands detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Lands: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Lands: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Lands: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Lands: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Lands 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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