Best PlacesPantego, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pantego, 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.
Pantego ranks 36,870th 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 Pantego
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.
Pantego's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pantego ranks high
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 70% of towns
Where Pantego ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pantego
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pantego home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,902, 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 Pantego's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Pantego
Pantego 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 Pantego.
Who works in Pantego, and how
Work in Pantego centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Pantego
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pantego.
What the weather is like in Pantego, month by month
Pantego sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Pantego
The nearest airport, Pitt-Greenville, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pantego
Schools across Pantego average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northeast ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Pines ElementaryD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington County MiddleC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Northside HighB− · 43% proficient
- Washington County HighD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pantego school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pantego 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 Pantego against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pantego
Is Pantego a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pantego ranks 36,870th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, state finances, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pantego expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $117,572. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $70,902 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Pantego safe?
Pantego is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $551 per resident a year.
Compare Pantego with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pantego. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pantego 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.
Pantego detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pantego: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pantego: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pantego: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pantego: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pantego 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.