Best PlacesPrinceville, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Princeville, 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.
Princeville ranks 48,680th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Princeville
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.
Princeville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Princeville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 76% of towns
- Short commute23.1 minutes each way, better than 74% of towns
Where Princeville ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Household income$44,147 median, better than only 7% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Princeville
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Princeville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $44,147, 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 Princeville's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Princeville
Princeville runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Princeville.
Who works in Princeville, and how
Work in Princeville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Princeville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Princeville.
What the weather is like in Princeville, month by month
Princeville sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Princeville
The nearest airport, Pitt-Greenville, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Princeville
Schools across Princeville average a C+, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Princeville ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
- Stocks ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- W A Pattillo MiddleC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Edgecombe Early College HighA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Princeville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Princeville 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 Princeville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Princeville
Is Princeville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Princeville ranks 48,680th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, walkability, and biking, and lowest on crime 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 Princeville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $103,670. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $44,147 median income, cost of living beats 5% of towns.
Is Princeville safe?
Princeville is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $941 per resident a year.
Compare Princeville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Princeville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Princeville 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.
Princeville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Princeville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Princeville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Princeville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Princeville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Princeville 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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