Best PlacesSpring Hope, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring Hope, 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 Hope ranks 34,888th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Spring Hope
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 Hope's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spring Hope ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 73% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 67% of towns
Where Spring Hope ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 15% of towns
- Household income$54,934 median, better than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spring Hope
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring Hope home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,934, 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 Spring Hope's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spring Hope
Spring Hope runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Spring Hope.
Who works in Spring Hope, and how
Work in Spring Hope centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Spring Hope
Spring Hope has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Spring Hope and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spring Hope, month by month
Spring Hope sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Spring Hope
Raleigh-Durham International sits about 38 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.7 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Spring Hope
Schools across Spring Hope average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coopers ElementaryB− · 44% proficient
- Middlesex ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Edward Best ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bunn MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Southern Nash MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Nrm Early College High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Franklin County Early CollegeA · 78% proficient
- Bunn HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring Hope school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring Hope 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 Hope against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spring Hope
Is Spring Hope a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring Hope ranks 34,888th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and walkability, and lowest on education levels and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring Hope expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,187. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $54,934 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Spring Hope safe?
Spring Hope is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $457 per resident a year.
Compare Spring Hope with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring Hope. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring Hope 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 Hope detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring Hope: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring Hope: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring Hope: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring Hope: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring Hope 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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