Best PlacesThomas Landing, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thomas Landing, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Thomas Landing ranks 7,662nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Thomas Landing
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.
Thomas Landing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thomas Landing ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
Where Thomas Landing ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 32% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thomas Landing
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thomas Landing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,140, 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 Thomas Landing'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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Thomas Landing
Thomas Landing runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Thomas Landing.
Who works in Thomas Landing, and how
Work in Thomas Landing centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Thomas Landing
The coast is about 12 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Thomas Landing, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Thomas Landing, month by month
Thomas Landing sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Thomas Landing
The nearest airport, Albert J Ellis, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Thomas Landing
Schools across Thomas Landing average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dixon ElementaryA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dixon MiddleA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Dixon HighA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thomas Landing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thomas Landing 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 Thomas Landing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thomas Landing
Is Thomas Landing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thomas Landing ranks 7,662nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, population health, and civic engagement, and lowest on disaster risk 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 Thomas Landing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $373,890. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $103,140 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Thomas Landing safe?
Yes, Thomas Landing is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $267 per resident a year.
Compare Thomas Landing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thomas Landing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thomas Landing 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.
Thomas Landing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thomas Landing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thomas Landing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thomas Landing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thomas Landing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thomas Landing 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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