Best PlacesPitt County, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Pitt County, 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.
Pitt County ranks 1,445th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on fast internet and state finances. The weaker spots are disaster risk, an overheated housing market, and crime.
The best neighborhoods in Pitt County
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.
The best areas in Pitt County
The parts of Pitt County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Grimesland
It is quieter, crime runs lower, and prices have run up less.
Winterville
More households have young kids and more adults hold degrees.
Greenville
Local pay stretches further and incomes run higher.
Ayden & Grifton
Tree cover is thinner and biking is worse.
Farmville
Heat risk is higher.
Pitt County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 2% of the country and others in the top 7%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Pitt County's strengths and weaknesses
Pitt County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Fast internet, state finances, and an educated workforce carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Disaster risk, an overheated housing market, and crime hold the score down. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Pitt County ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 87% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than 79% of counties
Where Pitt County ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 30% of counties
- Cheap childcare$878 a month, better than only 31% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 77 pleasant days a year, better than only 34% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Pitt County
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pitt County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,058, 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 Pitt County's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Pitt County
Pitt County runs younger 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 Pitt County.
Who works in Pitt County, and how
Work in Pitt County centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Pitt County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pitt County.
Is Pitt County growing, and who is moving in?
Pitt County has grown about 3% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Raleigh, NC.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Pitt County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Pitt County, month by month
Pitt County sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 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 | 75° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Pitt County
The nearest airport, Pitt-Greenville, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pitt County
Schools across Pitt County average a B−, better than 68% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- ChicodA · 69% proficient
- Wintergreen IntermediateA · 68% proficient
- Ridgewood ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hope MiddleA+ · 75% proficient
- A G Cox MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Ayden MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Innovation Early College HighA+ · 90% proficient
- Pcs Early College High SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- D H Conley HighA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pitt County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pitt County 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 Pitt County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Pitt County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Pitt County
Is Pitt County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pitt County ranks 1,445th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on fast internet, state finances, and an educated workforce, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pitt County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,864. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $67,058 median income, cost of living beats 44% of counties.
Is Pitt County safe?
Pitt County is safer than 30% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $502 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pitt County?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 54 with lows near 35. That works out to about 77 pleasant days a year, more than 34% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Pitt County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Grimesland, Winterville, and Greenville. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Pitt County good for families?
Schools beat 68% of counties, crime safety beats 30%, and childcare runs $878 a month.
Is Pitt County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 44% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 88% of counties. About 12% of workers already work from home.
Compare Pitt County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pitt County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pitt County 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.
Pitt County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pitt County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pitt County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pitt County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pitt County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pitt County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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