Best PlacesShallotte, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shallotte, 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.
Shallotte ranks 24,408th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Shallotte
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.
Shallotte's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shallotte ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
Where Shallotte ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 29% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shallotte
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shallotte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $69,367; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Shallotte's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Shallotte
Shallotte 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 Shallotte.
Who works in Shallotte, and how
Work in Shallotte centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Shallotte
Shallotte has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns. The coast is about 11 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Shallotte and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Shallotte, month by month
Shallotte sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 73° | 64° | 56° |
| July | 89° | 82° | 76° |
| October | 77° | 68° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Shallotte
The nearest airport, Wilmington International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shallotte
Schools across Shallotte average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Union ElementaryA+ · 81% proficient
- Virginia Williamson ElemB+ · 51% proficient
- Supply ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Shallotte MiddleA− · 56% proficient
- Cedar Grove MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Brunswick County Early CollegeA+ · 98% proficient
- West Brunswick HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shallotte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shallotte 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 Shallotte against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shallotte
Is Shallotte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shallotte ranks 24,408th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, state finances, and civic engagement, 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 Shallotte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $283,087. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $69,367 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Shallotte safe?
Shallotte is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $463 per resident a year.
Compare Shallotte with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shallotte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shallotte 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.
Shallotte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shallotte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shallotte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shallotte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shallotte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shallotte 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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