Charlotte swept a recent ranking of North Carolina neighborhoods and suburbs for young professionals, filling all the top twenty spots.
Niche, a company that uses data to rank schools and colleges, as well as neighborhoods, released a yearly list of the best places to live in North Carolina. Six Charlotte neighborhoods were ranked among the top 10 places to live in North Carolina overall, The Charlotte Observer previously reported – more than 20 crowd the top of the list of best places for young professionals.
Counties and zip codes are evaluated separately, but neighborhoods, towns and suburbs are ranked together in the Overall Best Places to Live List. More information on how the data is weighed is available online.
Charlotte’s best neighborhoods for young professionals
According to Niche, these neighborhoods in order are:
- Fourth Ward
- Uptown
- Brookhill
- Dilworth
- Wesley Heights
- Third Ward
- Optimist Park
- Southside Park
- Wilmore
- North Charlotte
- York Road
- Elizabeth
- Cherry
- Sedgefield
- Madison Park
- Commonwealth
- Villa Heights
- Plaza Millwood
- First Ward
- Ashbrook/Clawson Village
The Charlotte Metro area has grown rapidly in past years, now nearing 3 million people…