Best PlacesShingle Hollow, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shingle Hollow, 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.
Shingle Hollow ranks 27,670th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Shingle Hollow
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.
Shingle Hollow's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shingle Hollow ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Short commute20.4 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 85% of towns
Where Shingle Hollow ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Household income$46,727 median, better than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shingle Hollow
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shingle Hollow home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $46,727; 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 Shingle Hollow's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Shingle Hollow
Shingle Hollow 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 Shingle Hollow.
Who works in Shingle Hollow, and how
Work in Shingle Hollow centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Shingle Hollow
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shingle Hollow.
What the weather is like in Shingle Hollow, month by month
Shingle Hollow sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Shingle Hollow
The nearest airport, Asheville Regional, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shingle Hollow
Schools across Shingle Hollow average a B+, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pinnacle Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- R-s Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Rutherford Early College High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shingle Hollow school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shingle Hollow 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 Shingle Hollow against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shingle Hollow
Is Shingle Hollow a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shingle Hollow ranks 27,670th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a strong job market, and state finances, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shingle Hollow expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $188,848. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $46,727 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Shingle Hollow safe?
Shingle Hollow is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $367 per resident a year.
Compare Shingle Hollow with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shingle Hollow. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shingle Hollow 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.
Shingle Hollow detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shingle Hollow: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shingle Hollow: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shingle Hollow: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shingle Hollow: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shingle Hollow 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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