Best PlacesProsper, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prosper, 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.
Prosper ranks 47,978th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Prosper
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.
Prosper's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prosper ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 76% of towns
- Cheap childcare$627 a month, better than 76% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 70% of towns
Where Prosper ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prosper
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prosper home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,862, 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 Prosper'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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Prosper
Prosper runs younger than the country, 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 Prosper.
Who works in Prosper, and how
Work in Prosper centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Prosper
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Prosper, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Prosper, month by month
Prosper sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 47° | 36° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Prosper
The nearest airport, Wilmington International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prosper
Schools across Prosper average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Town Creek ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
- Bolivia ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
- Acme Delco ElementaryC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Brunswick MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Town Creek MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Leland MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Brunswick County Early CollegeA+ · 98% proficient
- North Brunswick HighB+ · 55% proficient
- East Columbus Junior-senior HighC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prosper school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prosper 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 Prosper against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prosper
Is Prosper a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prosper ranks 47,978th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, state finances, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on cell coverage and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prosper expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,000. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $55,862 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Prosper safe?
Prosper is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $669 per resident a year.
Compare Prosper with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prosper. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prosper 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.
Prosper detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prosper: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prosper: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prosper: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prosper: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prosper 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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