Best PlacesPollocksville, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pollocksville, 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.
Pollocksville ranks 31,899th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pollocksville
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.
Pollocksville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pollocksville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 78% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 75% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 75% of towns
Where Pollocksville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pollocksville
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pollocksville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,858, 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 Pollocksville's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pollocksville
Pollocksville runs older 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 Pollocksville.
Who works in Pollocksville, and how
Work in Pollocksville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Pollocksville
The coast is about 37 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pollocksville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pollocksville, month by month
Pollocksville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Pollocksville
The nearest airport, Coastal Carolina Regional, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pollocksville
Schools across Pollocksville average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brinson Memorial ElementaryB+ · 50% proficient
- Pollocksville ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
- Maysville ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tucker Creek MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Grover C Fields MiddleA− · 56% proficient
- H J Macdonald MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College East HighA+ · 95% proficient
- New Bern HighB · 48% proficient
- Jones Senior High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pollocksville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pollocksville 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 Pollocksville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pollocksville
Is Pollocksville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pollocksville ranks 31,899th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pollocksville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,984. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $63,858 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Pollocksville safe?
Pollocksville is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare Pollocksville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pollocksville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pollocksville 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.
Pollocksville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pollocksville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pollocksville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pollocksville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pollocksville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pollocksville 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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