Best PlacesPineville, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pineville, 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.
Pineville ranks 4,597th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pineville
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.
Pineville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pineville ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
Where Pineville ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,135 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pineville
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pineville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $86,609, 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 Pineville's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pineville
Pineville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pineville.
Who works in Pineville, and how
Work in Pineville centers on finance & insurance and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Pineville
Pineville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Pineville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pineville, month by month
Pineville sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 31° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Pineville
Charlotte/Douglas International sits about 10 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.9 million passengers in 2025, with 213 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pineville
Schools across Pineville average a B+, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ballantyne ElementaryA · 64% proficient
- Endhaven ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
- Smithfield ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Community House MiddleA+ · 81% proficient
- Quail Hollow MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Levine Middle College High SchA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pineville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pineville 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 Pineville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pineville
Is Pineville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pineville ranks 4,597th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pineville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $382,733. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $86,609 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Pineville safe?
Pineville is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $459 per resident a year.
Compare Pineville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pineville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pineville 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.
Pineville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pineville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pineville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pineville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pineville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pineville 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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