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+ButnerSafer than 38% of U.S. towns –ConoverNot graded

Schools

CButnerBetter than 27% of districts in the state B+ConoverBetter than 65% of districts in the state

Health

C−ButnerHealthier than 22% of U.S. towns C+ConoverHealthier than 40% of U.S. towns

10Butner

9Conover

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 276 towns #7#245 Lowest depressionHealth · 296 towns #63#214 Most remote workersWork · 285 towns #124#252 Shortest commuteGetting around · 297 towns #150#23 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 297 towns #116#239 Cheapest rentCost of living · 284 towns #192#84 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 296 towns #278#210 Fastest growingGrowth · 291 towns #128#190

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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%

Butner$1,570/mo

Typical home $268K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $1,307/mo · Housing →

Conover$1,600/mo

Typical home $278K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $898/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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.

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

ButnerConover

Snow a year2″4″

January low—29°F

July high—87°F

Growing season (days)—217d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)35th 12th

Outdoors & history

ButnerConover

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land41.1%0.6%

Settled—1876

National Register places—2

Archive photos4 4

Famous people born here—2

Community

ButnerConover

Library hours a week52 hrs 39 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

141 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ButnerNC ConoverNC

Butner ↔ Conover141 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

ButnerConover

People

Population 8,065Lowest 8,580Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +10.6%Highest NC: +9.5% +3.1%Lowest NC: +9.5%

Median age 40.3±3.5Highest 3% above NC 36.8±9Lowest 6% below NC

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

Kids under 18 21.9%±3.9Lowest NC: 21.8% 30.5%±5.5Highest NC: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 16.8%±3.5Lowest NC: 17.2% 18%±4.4Highest NC: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27%Highest NC: 35.7% 23.8%Lowest NC: 35.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.4%±1.9Highest NC: 6.4% 2.1%±1.2Lowest NC: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $74,739±$6kHighest 3% above NC $65,972±$10kLowest 9% below NC

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $231,100±$15kLowest 20% below NC $271,300±$30kHighest 6% below NC

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,307±$129Highest 6% above NC $898±$100Lowest 27% below NC

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,726Highest 9% below NC $1,723Lowest 9% below NC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.1%±14.7Lowest NC: 48.9% 55.5%±16.3Highest NC: 48.9%

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

Below poverty line 15%Lowest NC: 13% 15.7%Highest NC: 13%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.8%Highest NC: 66.6% 69%Lowest NC: 66.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991 same as NC 1991 same as NC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 4% below NC 19 minLowest 25% below NC

Work from home 12.2%±4Highest NC: 16.3% 4.1%±2.4Lowest NC: 16.3%

Work in townworking residents 5.6%Lowest 11.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 8.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.45Lowest 2.76Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Durham (24%)Hickory (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ConoverFew work in Butner

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 41.1%Highest 0.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 1.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 23.3Lowest 38.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #112 of 252 in NC #132 of 252 in NC

School district Granville County SchoolsCatawba County Schools · Newton Conover City Schools

High school in town Granville Early College HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 31.4 —

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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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.

Butner vs Conover

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Butner places higher on 10 of 19 NC lists

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

141 miles apart

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