Best PlacesSlater Park, Charlotte, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Slater Park, Charlotte, 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.
Slater Park, Charlotte ranks 4,620th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Slater Park, Charlotte
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.
Slater Park, Charlotte's strengths and weaknesses
Where Slater Park, Charlotte ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
Where Slater Park, Charlotte ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Slater Park, Charlotte
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Slater Park, Charlotte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $55,407; 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 Slater Park, Charlotte's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Slater Park, Charlotte
Slater Park, Charlotte runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Slater Park, Charlotte.
Who works in Slater Park, Charlotte, and how
Work in Slater Park, Charlotte centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Slater Park, Charlotte
Slater Park, Charlotte has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Slater Park, Charlotte and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Slater Park, Charlotte, month by month
Slater Park, Charlotte sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 31° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Slater Park, Charlotte
Charlotte/Douglas International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.9 million passengers in 2025, with 213 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Slater Park, Charlotte
Schools across Slater Park, Charlotte average a C, better than 69% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Statesville Road ElementaryD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ranson MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Levine Middle College High SchA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Slater Park, Charlotte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Slater Park, Charlotte 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 Slater Park, Charlotte against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Slater Park, Charlotte
Is Slater Park, Charlotte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Slater Park, Charlotte ranks 4,620th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on tree cover, state finances, and a strong job market, and lowest on noise and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Slater Park, Charlotte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,599. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $55,407 median income, cost of living beats 27% of neighborhoods.
Is Slater Park, Charlotte safe?
Slater Park, Charlotte is safer than 11% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $901 per resident a year.
Compare Slater Park, Charlotte with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Slater Park, Charlotte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Slater Park, Charlotte 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.
Slater Park, Charlotte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Slater Park, Charlotte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Slater Park, Charlotte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Slater Park, Charlotte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Slater Park, Charlotte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Slater Park, Charlotte 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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