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%

Long View$1,100/mo

Typical home $187K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.80% · or rent about $794/mo · Housing →

Wallace$1,310/mo

Typical home $218K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.91% · or rent about $881/mo · Housing →

The difference: $200 a month, about $2,400 a year, between Wallace and Long View.

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

Long View places higher on 9 of 18 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

–Long ViewNot graded DWallaceSafer than 8% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−Long ViewBetter than 50% of districts in the state C−WallaceBetter than 24% of districts in the state

Health

CLong ViewHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns CWallaceHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns

9Long View

8Wallace

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 296 towns #214#11 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 297 towns #151#295 Shortest commuteGetting around · 297 towns #142#21 Highest graduation rateSchools · 284 towns #133#245 Fastest growingGrowth · 291 towns #174#285 Lowest property taxCost of living · 297 towns #41#115 Fewest smokersHealth · 296 towns #216#154 Most conserved landOutdoors · 276 towns #209#160

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

Long ViewWallace

Snow a year0″1″

January low—31°F

July high—91°F

Growing season (days)—220d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)7th 89th

Outdoors & history

Long ViewWallace

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land1.4%—

National Register places1 3

Archive photos—18

Famous people born here—7

Community

Long ViewWallace

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

203 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Long ViewNC WallaceNC

Long View ↔ Wallace203 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

Long ViewWallace

People

Population 5,011Highest 3,457Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.5%Highest NC: +9.5% -12%Lowest NC: +9.5%

Median age 43.5±7.6Lowest 11% above NC 43.6±6.3Highest 12% above NC

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

Kids under 18 15.9%±4.7Lowest NC: 21.8% 21%±7.2Highest NC: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 17.6%±5Highest NC: 17.2% 15.7%±5.1Lowest NC: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7.9%Lowest NC: 35.7% 11.5%Highest NC: 35.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1%±0.9Lowest NC: 6.4% 5.4%±4.5Highest NC: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,739±$2kLowest 35% below NC $51,250±$13kHighest 29% below NC

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $157,300±$21kLowest 46% below NC $178,000±$46kHighest 38% below NC

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $794±$158Lowest 35% below NC $881±$198Highest 28% below NC

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,259Lowest 34% below NC $1,617Highest 15% below NC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 37.7%±16.2Lowest NC: 48.9% 52.5%±19.1Highest NC: 48.9%

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

Below poverty line 11.3%Lowest NC: 13% 30.4%Highest NC: 13%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 53.1%Lowest NC: 66.6% 57.5%Highest NC: 66.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest 21 yrs older than NC 1977Highest 14 yrs older than NC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 5% below NC 18 minLowest 27% below NC

Work from home 3.4%±3.7Lowest NC: 16.3% 7.1%±7.1Highest NC: 16.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.2%Lowest 10.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 31.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.39Lowest 1.54Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Hickory (31%)Raleigh (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WallaceFew work in Long View

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.4%Lowest 2.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 68.6Lowest 79.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#246 of 252 in NC

School district Hickory City SchoolsDuplin County Schools

High school in town None in townNone in town

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.

Long View vs Wallace

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $200 more a month in Wallace

Long View places higher on 9 of 18 NC lists

What daily life feels like in each

203 miles apart

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