Best PlacesOverhills, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Overhills, 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.
Overhills ranks 11,750th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Overhills
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.
Overhills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Overhills ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 83% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
Where Overhills ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 33% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Overhills
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Overhills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $74,590, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Overhills' effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Overhills
Overhills runs younger than the country, 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 Overhills.
Who works in Overhills, and how
Work in Overhills centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Overhills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Overhills.
What the weather is like in Overhills, month by month
Overhills sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 78° | 64° | 50° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Overhills
The nearest airport, Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around Overhills
Schools across Overhills average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Highland ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Overhills ElementaryC · 34% proficient
- Johnsonville ElementaryC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Highland MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Overhills MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Reid Ross Classical MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Cumberland International Early CollegeA+ · 83% proficient
- Overhills HighB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Overhills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Overhills 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 Overhills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Overhills
Is Overhills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Overhills ranks 11,750th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, state finances, and population health, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Overhills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $334,100. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $74,590 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Overhills safe?
Yes, Overhills is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $265 per resident a year.
Compare Overhills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Overhills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Overhills 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.
Overhills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Overhills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Overhills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Overhills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Overhills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Overhills 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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