Best PlacesYanceyville, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yanceyville, 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.
Yanceyville ranks 43,309th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yanceyville
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.
Yanceyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yanceyville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 73% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 69% of towns
Where Yanceyville ranks low
- Household income$40,140 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 21% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yanceyville
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yanceyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $40,140, 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 Yanceyville's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Yanceyville
Yanceyville 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 Yanceyville.
Who works in Yanceyville, and how
Work in Yanceyville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Yanceyville
Yanceyville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Yanceyville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Yanceyville, month by month
Yanceyville sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 27° |
| April | 75° | 59° | 45° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Yanceyville
The nearest airport, Piedmont Triad International, is about 38 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 Yanceyville
Schools across Yanceyville average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- South ElementaryC · 33% proficient
- Oakwood ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- N L Dillard MiddleC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Bartlett Yancey HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yanceyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yanceyville 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 Yanceyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yanceyville
Is Yanceyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yanceyville ranks 43,309th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, walkability, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on low incomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yanceyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,794. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $40,140 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Yanceyville safe?
Yanceyville is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $701 per resident a year.
Compare Yanceyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yanceyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yanceyville 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.
Yanceyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yanceyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yanceyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yanceyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yanceyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yanceyville 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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