Best PlacesTaylortown, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Taylortown, 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.
Taylortown ranks 30,625th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Taylortown
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.
Taylortown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Taylortown ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 83% of towns
Where Taylortown ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Household income$47,435 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Taylortown
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Taylortown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $47,435; 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 Taylortown's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Taylortown
Taylortown 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 Taylortown.
Who works in Taylortown, and how
Work in Taylortown centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Taylortown
Taylortown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Taylortown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Taylortown, month by month
Taylortown sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 42° | 30° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Taylortown
The nearest airport, Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Taylortown
Schools across Taylortown average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pinehurst ElementaryA+ · 74% proficient
- West Pine ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Pine MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Pinecrest HighA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Taylortown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Taylortown 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 Taylortown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Taylortown
Is Taylortown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Taylortown ranks 30,625th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, state finances, and health care access, and lowest on the weather and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Taylortown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,293. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $47,435 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Taylortown safe?
Taylortown is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $598 per resident a year.
Compare Taylortown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Taylortown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Taylortown 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.
Taylortown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Taylortown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Taylortown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Taylortown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Taylortown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Taylortown 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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