Best PlacesPike Road, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pike Road, 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.
Pike Road ranks 37,694th 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 Pike Road
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.
Pike Road's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pike Road ranks high
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
Where Pike Road ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pike Road
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pike Road home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,636, 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 Pike Road's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 Pike Road
Pike Road's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pike Road.
Who works in Pike Road, and how
Work in Pike Road centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Pike Road
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pike Road.
What the weather is like in Pike Road, month by month
Pike Road 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 Pike Road
The nearest airport, Pitt-Greenville, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 121 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pike Road
Schools across Pike Road average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Creswell ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Northeast ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Pines ElementaryD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington County MiddleC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Washington Early College HighA · 75% proficient
- 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 Pike Road school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pike Road 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 Pike Road against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pike Road
Is Pike Road a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pike Road ranks 37,694th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, state finances, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pike Road expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $138,937. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $86,636 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Pike Road safe?
Pike Road is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $707 per resident a year.
Compare Pike Road with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pike Road. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pike Road 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.
Pike Road detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pike Road: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pike Road: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pike Road: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pike Road: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pike Road 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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