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%

Fletcher$2,570/mo

Typical home $448K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $1,484/mo · Housing →

Winterville$1,640/mo

Typical home $279K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $1,534/mo · Housing →

The difference: $930 a month, about $11,200 a year, between Fletcher and Winterville.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

BFletcherSafer than 56% of U.S. towns B+WintervilleSafer than 67% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+FletcherBetter than 66% of districts in the state C+WintervilleBetter than 44% of districts in the state

Health

AFletcherHealthier than 88% of U.S. towns A−WintervilleHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns

9Fletcher

9Winterville

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

Highest graduation rateSchools · 284 towns #35#208 Lowest obesityHealth · 296 towns #20#185 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 297 towns #29#192 Most conserved landOutdoors · 276 towns #100#229 Most walkableOutdoors · 297 towns #139#21 Shortest commuteGetting around · 297 towns #138#58 Most affordableCost of living · 297 towns #193#133 HealthiestHealth · 296 towns #42#95

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

FletcherWinterville

Snow a year10″3″

January low29°F 33°F

July high85°F 90°F

Growing season (days)201d 227d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)24th 68th

Outdoors & history

FletcherWinterville

Trails5 mi 0 mi

Conserved land5.3%0.9%

Settled1795 —

National Register places1 1

Archive photos10 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

FletcherWinterville

Library hours a week41 hrs 46 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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

287 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FletcherNC WintervilleNC

Fletcher ↔ Winterville287 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

FletcherWinterville

People

Population 8,098Lowest 10,725Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +11.1%Lowest NC: +9.5% +12.9%Highest NC: +9.5%

Median age 41.7±7.5Highest 7% above NC 36.5±3.3Lowest 7% below NC

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

Kids under 18 17.1%±3.5Lowest NC: 21.8% 22.6%±4.4Highest NC: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 21.7%±4.5Highest NC: 17.2% 14.4%±3.2Lowest NC: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 39.8%Lowest NC: 35.7% 41.2%Highest NC: 35.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.9%±3.5Lowest NC: 6.4% 9.4%±3.9Highest NC: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $75,272±$8kLowest 4% above NC $83,193±$14kHighest 15% above NC

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $331,100±$24kHighest 15% above NC $245,100±$26kLowest 15% below NC

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,484±$204Lowest 21% above NC $1,534±$219Highest 25% above NC

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,964Highest 4% above NC $1,893Lowest about the NC average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.5%±21.2Lowest NC: 48.9% 66.6%±26.2Highest NC: 48.9%

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

Below poverty line 7.6%Lowest NC: 13% 9.8%Highest NC: 13%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.3%Highest NC: 66.6% 83.2%Lowest NC: 66.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2001 10 yrs newer than NC 2001 10 yrs newer than NC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 6% below NC 21 minLowest 18% below NC

Work from home 11.1%±5.1Lowest NC: 16.3% 13.1%±5Highest NC: 16.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 6.7%Highest 5.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miHighest 6.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.32Highest 0.72Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Asheville (34%)Greenville (46%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WintervilleFew work in Fletcher

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.3%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 5.3 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 53.3Lowest 85.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #87 of 252 in NC #107 of 252 in NC

School district —Pitt County Schools

High school in town —PCS Early College High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 23.4

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.

Fletcher vs Winterville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $930 more a month in Fletcher

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

287 miles apart

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