Best PlacesWarne, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warne, 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.
Warne ranks 13,297th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Warne
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.
Warne's strengths and weaknesses
Where Warne ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
Where Warne ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warne
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warne home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,115, 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 Warne's effective rate of 0.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Warne
Warne runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Warne.
Who works in Warne, and how
Work in Warne centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Warne
Warne has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Warne and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Warne, month by month
Warne sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Warne
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 99 miles away.
The best schools in and around Warne
Schools across Warne average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hayesville ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hayesville MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Hayesville HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warne school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warne 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 Warne against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warne
Is Warne a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warne ranks 13,297th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, a strong job market, and state finances, 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 Warne expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $295,462. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $96,115 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Warne safe?
Warne is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $605 per resident a year.
Compare Warne with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warne. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warne 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.
Warne detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warne: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warne: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warne: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warne: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warne 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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