A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Burgaw$1,670/mo

Typical home $288K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $943/mo · Housing →

Erwin$1,230/mo

Typical home $203K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.99% · or rent about $1,112/mo · Housing →

The difference: $440 a month, about $5,300 a year, between Burgaw and Erwin.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Burgaw places higher on 13 of 20 NC lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every North Carolina ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C+BurgawSafer than 36% of U.S. towns C−ErwinSafer than 17% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+BurgawBetter than 67% of districts in the state C+ErwinBetter than 37% of districts in the state

Health

CBurgawHealthier than 33% of U.S. towns CErwinHealthier than 26% of U.S. towns

13Burgaw

7Erwin

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 284 towns #14#173 Lowest depressionHealth · 296 towns #63#214 Most remote workersWork · 285 towns #152#253 Most walkableOutdoors · 297 towns #220#116 Fastest growingGrowth · 291 towns #290#191 Most affordableCost of living · 297 towns #129#38 Highest incomeIncome · 297 towns #152#233 SafestSafety · 139 towns #36#72

Left end = #1 in North Carolina. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Burgaw’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BurgawErwin

Snow a year0″2″

January low33°F 32°F

July high89°F 92°F

Growing season (days)226d 226d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)96th 50th

Outdoors & history

BurgawErwin

Trails2 mi 0 mi

Conserved land4.5%3.3%

Settled1879 —

National Register places3 1

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here5 4

Community

BurgawErwin

Library hours a week43 hrs 41 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

68 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BurgawNC ErwinNC

Burgaw ↔ Erwin68 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs North Carolina average

BurgawErwin

People

Population 3,850Lowest 4,687Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -20.2%Lowest NC: +9.5% +3.1%Highest NC: +9.5%

Median age 44.8±2.9Lowest 15% above NC 47.1±5.2Highest 20% above NC

Erwin and Burgaw are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 19.4%±4.8Highest NC: 21.8% 18.3%±5.7Lowest NC: 21.8%

Burgaw and Erwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.6%±4.7Lowest NC: 17.2% 21.7%±3.4Highest NC: 17.2%

Erwin and Burgaw are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.9%Lowest NC: 35.7% 17.3%Highest NC: 35.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±2.7Highest NC: 6.4% 3.8%±1.6Lowest NC: 6.4%

Burgaw and Erwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $67,853±$18kHighest 6% below NC $50,701±$7kLowest 30% below NC

Burgaw and Erwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $242,200±$49kHighest 16% below NC $161,100±$7kLowest 44% below NC

Rentmedian gross, monthly $943±$419Lowest 23% below NC $1,112±$163Highest 9% below NC

Erwin and Burgaw are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,668Highest 12% below NC $1,589Lowest 16% below NC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.6%±25.8Lowest NC: 48.9% 53.9%±21.5Highest NC: 48.9%

Erwin and Burgaw are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 19.7%Highest NC: 13% 12.2%Lowest NC: 13%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 67.5%Lowest NC: 66.6% 71.4%Highest NC: 66.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest 4 yrs older than NC 1966Lowest 25 yrs older than NC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest 6% above NC 32 minHighest 29% above NC

Work from home 10.4%±5.3Highest NC: 16.3% 4%±2.6Lowest NC: 16.3%

Burgaw and Erwin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 12.4%Highest 4.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miLowest 25.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.20Highest 0.87Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Wilmington (24%)Raleigh (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ErwinFew work in Burgaw

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.5%Highest 3.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 38.1Lowest 56.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #158 of 252 in NC #179 of 252 in NC

School district Pender County SchoolsHarnett County Schools

High school in town Pender Early College HighTriton High

Students per teacherat that high school 51.2Highest 22.0Lowest

North Carolina average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Burgaw vs Erwin

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $440 more a month in Burgaw

Burgaw places higher on 13 of 20 NC lists

What daily life feels like in each

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