These Are The 10 Best Suburbs In North Carolina For 2018

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Are you sick of being a city slicker?

Do you long for life in suburban North Carolina? Where you can drive your overly-large vehicle to the store for groceries, and schlep the kids around to practices and appointments without worrying about a parking space?

We do too.

Public transportation is…icky at times. When you have to call an Uber to get to urgent care on a Friday night, that gets old after a while.

So, the question is, if you wanted to move out to the suburbs of Raleigh, where would you go? And how would you decide on the ranking factors to help you pick which North Carolina suburb was best?

No worries. We got it all figured out here.

These are the 10 best suburbs in the Tar Heel State:

Davidson is the place to be when it comes to being a soccer mom in suburban North Carolina.

So if you’re thinking of packing up your mini van and making a move to a quiet place to live in North Carolina, we’ve got you covered.

Keep on reading for a detailed methodology. Or, check out the best places to live in North Carolina and the best places to raise a family in North Carolina.

How do you determine which suburb is the best in North Carolina anyways?

To give you the best suburbs in North Carolina, we have to look at a handful of metrics. Of course, we want to measure the type of people who live in each city, and make some assumptions about what’s a “best city” and what isn’t.

So we researched the internet for a database that contains all that information.

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How we crunched the suburb numbers for the Tar Heel State

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using U.S. Census data produced for the state of North Carolina, we looked at every town between 5,000 and 200,000 residents, and within 30 miles of a city that’s over 200,000 people (In other words, suburbs).

We paid particular attention to:

Median Home Values
Median Income
Population Density (Higher is Better)
Unemployment Rates
Commute Time
Education Levels
Health Insurance Coverage
Poverty Rates

We ranked each suburb in North Carolina across a number of criteria from one to 71, with one being the best.

We then took the average rank across all criteria, with the town posting the lowest overall score being crowned the winner of the title “Best Suburb To Live In North Carolina”.

The result is some of the safest, quiet, and awesome places to live in North Carolina

Read on to see why Davidson is the ‘burb with the most, while Selma is probably not the best place to live in North Carolina.

1. Davidson

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Population: 12,076
Median Income: $109,907
Median Home Price: $393,300
Davidson is located 19 miles north of Charlotte.

2. Cary

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Population: 155,822
Median Income: $94,617
Median Home Price: $309,800
Cary is located 10 miles west of Raleigh.

3. Pinehurst

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Population: 15,522
Median Income: $78,338
Median Home Price: $287,400
Pinehurst is located 28 miles west of Fayetteville.

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4. Apex

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Population: 43,893
Median Income: $95,283
Median Home Price: $278,400
Apex is located 14 miles west of Raleigh.

5. Holly Springs

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Population: 30,126
Median Income: $98,041
Median Home Price: $249,500
Holly Springs is located 16 miles west of Raleigh.

6. Morrisville

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Population: 22,600
Median Income: $92,769
Median Home Price: $291,400
Morrisville is located 10 miles south of Durham.

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7. Chapel Hill

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Population: 59,005
Median Income: $65,373
Median Home Price: $390,300
Chapel Hill is located 8 miles west of Durham.

8. Elon

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Population: 9,781
Median Income: $45,767
Median Home Price: $236,500
Elon is located 17 miles east of Greensboro.

9. Wake Forest

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Population: 36,472
Median Income: $81,200
Median Home Price: $270,300
Wake Forest is located 11 miles north of Raleigh.

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10. Stallings

Population: 14,759
Median Income: $80,858
Median Home Price: $221,100
Stallings is located 11 miles east of Charlotte.

There You Have It – The Best Suburbs In North Carolina

Here’s a look at the worst suburbs in North Carolina according to the data:

Selma
Eden
Lexington

For more North Carolina reading, check out:

Detailed List Of The Best Suburbs In North Carolina

City	Rank	Population	Median Income	Median Home Price
Davidson	1	12,076	$109,907	$393,300
Cary	2	155,822	$94,617	$309,800
Pinehurst	3	15,522	$78,338	$287,400
Apex	4	43,893	$95,283	$278,400
Holly Springs	5	30,126	$98,041	$249,500
Morrisville	6	22,600	$92,769	$291,400
Chapel Hill	7	59,005	$65,373	$390,300
Elon	8	9,781	$45,767	$236,500
Wake Forest	9	36,472	$81,200	$270,300
Stallings	10	14,759	$80,858	$221,100
Huntersville	11	51,701	$90,633	$259,200
Carrboro	12	20,867	$53,513	$326,700
Oak Ridge	13	6,617	$109,509	$320,700
Harrisburg	14	14,500	$88,865	$245,400
Summerfield	15	10,758	$100,724	$342,300
Matthews	16	30,054	$75,205	$224,000
Waxhaw	17	12,398	$86,771	$273,900
Rolesville	18	5,583	$91,000	$259,000
Clemmons	19	19,536	$67,783	$202,200
Weddington	20	10,254	$125,966	$426,400
Marvin	21	6,056	$185,862	$618,900
Cornelius	22	27,426	$86,355	$258,800
Knightdale	23	13,787	$67,167	$171,300
Lewisville	24	13,356	$72,994	$185,500
Fuquay-Varina	25	22,722	$70,226	$208,100
Mint Hill	26	25,024	$69,336	$218,200
Gibsonville	27	6,759	$51,316	$148,700
Hillsborough	28	6,428	$50,240	$205,300
Stokesdale	29	5,278	$94,934	$198,300
Garner	30	27,625	$59,812	$164,800
King	31	6,777	$54,471	$145,400
Clayton	32	18,553	$60,989	$162,000
Mooresville	33	35,387	$63,632	$194,500
Mebane	34	13,592	$56,037	$172,400
Wesley Chapel	35	8,217	$103,438	$321,300
Southern Pines	36	13,258	$47,235	$278,700
Concord	37	85,753	$56,459	$169,800
Wendell	38	6,298	$47,295	$127,100
Kernersville	39	23,736	$48,383	$170,200
Mount Holly	40	14,058	$48,712	$156,400
Archdale	41	11,483	$52,696	$134,600
Indian Trail	42	36,357	$72,726	$177,200
Trinity	43	6,651	$49,208	$131,200
Hope Mills	44	16,189	$47,941	$124,000
Belmont	45	10,494	$60,314	$156,700
Aberdeen	46	7,107	$49,104	$170,300
Unionville	47	6,397	$63,771	$190,200
High Point	48	108,982	$43,322	$142,700
Kannapolis	49	45,685	$45,863	$125,600
Pineville	50	8,244	$40,597	$162,100
Burlington	51	52,570	$37,862	$124,400
Angier	52	5,079	$43,354	$151,800
Gastonia	53	73,877	$43,003	$135,900
Thomasville	54	27,178	$36,796	$109,900
Butner	55	7,692	$46,642	$127,200
Graham	56	14,506	$32,020	$128,600
Sanford	57	29,048	$42,070	$132,200
Kings Mountain	58	11,053	$37,023	$103,400
Mocksville	59	5,140	$38,806	$139,900
Spring Lake	60	13,258	$38,340	$92,200
Asheboro	61	25,978	$34,100	$111,400
Reidsville	62	14,107	$35,599	$102,200
Oxford	63	8,707	$33,528	$137,200
Lincolnton	64	10,593	$31,967	$123,000
Roxboro	65	8,329	$21,516	$99,600
Dunn	66	9,762	$29,552	$112,600
Smithfield	67	11,746	$33,415	$123,900
Monroe	68	34,212	$44,267	$146,700
Lexington	69	19,089	$27,437	$101,800
Eden	70	15,434	$28,908	$82,300
Selma	71	6,325	$27,982	$85,400