Best PlacesRamseur, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ramseur, 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.
Ramseur ranks 17,689th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ramseur
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.
Ramseur's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ramseur ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 81% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 80% of towns
Where Ramseur ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 29% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 32% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 33% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 73 pleasant days a year, better than only 33% of towns
- Household income$63,898 median, better than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ramseur
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ramseur home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,898, 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 Ramseur's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Ramseur
Ramseur's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ramseur.
Who works in Ramseur, and how
Work in Ramseur centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Ramseur
Ramseur has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Ramseur and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ramseur, month by month
Ramseur sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 41° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Ramseur
The nearest airport, Piedmont Triad International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ramseur
Schools across Ramseur average a B, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bennett SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Coleridge Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Franklinville Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southeastern Randolph Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Randolph Early College High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Chatham Central HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ramseur school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ramseur 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 Ramseur against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ramseur
Is Ramseur a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ramseur ranks 17,689th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, fast internet, and good schools, and lowest on education levels and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ramseur expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,778. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $63,898 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Ramseur safe?
Ramseur is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $354 per resident a year.
Compare Ramseur with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ramseur. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ramseur 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.
Ramseur detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ramseur: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ramseur: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ramseur: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ramseur: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ramseur 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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