Best PlacesTryon, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tryon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tryon ranks 13,284th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tryon
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.
Tryon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tryon ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
Where Tryon ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 25% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tryon
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tryon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,643, 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 Tryon'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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tryon
Tryon 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 Tryon.
Who works in Tryon, and how
Work in Tryon centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Tryon
Tryon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tryon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tryon, month by month
Tryon sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Tryon
The nearest airport, Greenville Spartanburg International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tryon
Schools across Tryon average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Saluda Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Polk Central Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Tryon Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Polk County Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Polk County Early CollegeA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tryon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tryon 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 Tryon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tryon
Is Tryon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tryon ranks 13,284th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, good schools, and civic engagement, and lowest on an overheated housing market and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tryon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $352,435. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $71,643 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Tryon safe?
Yes, Tryon is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $299 per resident a year.
Compare Tryon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tryon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tryon 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.
Tryon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tryon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tryon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tryon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tryon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tryon 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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