Best PlacesSiloam, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Siloam, 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.
Siloam ranks 17,946th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Siloam
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.
Siloam's strengths and weaknesses
Where Siloam ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
Where Siloam ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 28% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 32% of towns
- Household income$63,782 median, better than only 34% of towns
- Short commute29.7 minutes each way, better than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Siloam
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Siloam home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,782, 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 Siloam'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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Siloam
Siloam'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 Siloam.
Who works in Siloam, and how
Work in Siloam centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Siloam
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Siloam.
What the weather is like in Siloam, month by month
Siloam sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 48, 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 | 48° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Siloam
The nearest airport, Piedmont Triad International, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Siloam
Schools across Siloam average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shoals ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- Copeland ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Franklin ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central MiddleA · 61% proficient
- Meadowview Magnet MiddleA · 61% proficient
- Pilot Mountain MiddleA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Surry Early CollegeA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Siloam school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Siloam 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 Siloam against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Siloam
Is Siloam a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Siloam ranks 17,946th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, state finances, and low disaster risk, and lowest on cell coverage and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Siloam expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $205,499. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $63,782 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Siloam safe?
Siloam is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
Compare Siloam with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Siloam. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Siloam 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.
Siloam detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Siloam: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Siloam: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Siloam: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Siloam: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Siloam 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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