Best PlacesTaylors Store, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Taylors Store, 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.
Taylors Store ranks 32,254th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Taylors Store
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.
Taylors Store's strengths and weaknesses
Where Taylors Store ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 77% of towns
Where Taylors Store ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Taylors Store
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Taylors Store home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,678, 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 Taylors Store's effective rate of 0.20%, 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 Taylors Store
Taylors Store 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 Taylors Store.
Who works in Taylors Store, and how
Work in Taylors Store centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Taylors Store
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Taylors Store.
What the weather is like in Taylors Store, month by month
Taylors Store sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 42° | 31° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 93° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Taylors Store
The nearest airport, Pitt-Greenville, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around Taylors Store
Schools across Taylors Store average a B, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cedar Grove ElementaryC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Red Oak MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Nrm Early College High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Taylors Store school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Taylors Store 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 Taylors Store against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Taylors Store
Is Taylors Store a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Taylors Store ranks 32,254th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, civic engagement, and state finances, and lowest on internet speeds and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Taylors Store expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,243. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $67,678 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Taylors Store safe?
Taylors Store is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $683 per resident a year.
Compare Taylors Store with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Taylors Store. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Taylors Store 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.
Taylors Store detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Taylors Store: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Taylors Store: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Taylors Store: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Taylors Store: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Taylors Store 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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