Best PlacesSpring Creek, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring Creek, 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.
Spring Creek ranks 38,370th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Spring Creek
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.
Spring Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spring Creek ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Spring Creek ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$39,298 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spring Creek
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $39,298, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Spring Creek's effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Spring Creek
Spring Creek 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 Spring Creek.
Who works in Spring Creek, and how
Work in Spring Creek centers on construction and real estate. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 43%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Spring Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Spring Creek.
What the weather is like in Spring Creek, month by month
Spring Creek sees roughly 113 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Spring Creek
The nearest airport, Asheville Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spring Creek
Schools across Spring Creek average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hot Springs ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Brush Creek ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madison Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Madison Early College HighA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring Creek 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 Spring Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spring Creek
Is Spring Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring Creek ranks 38,370th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, tree cover, and good schools, 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 Spring Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $235,767. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $39,298 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Spring Creek safe?
Spring Creek is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $475 per resident a year.
Compare Spring Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring Creek 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.
Spring Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring Creek 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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