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%

Murfreesboro$800/mo

Typical home $131K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.07% · or rent about $1,079/mo · Housing →

Wingate$1,860/mo

Typical home $322K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.63% · or rent about $1,123/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,050 a month, about $12,700 a year, between Wingate and Murfreesboro.

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

Wingate places higher on 14 of 19 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−MurfreesboroSafer than 17% of U.S. towns –WingateNot graded

Schools

C−MurfreesboroBetter than 19% of districts in the state A−WingateBetter than 81% of districts in the state

Health

CMurfreesboroHealthier than 31% of U.S. towns B+WingateHealthier than 66% of U.S. towns

4Murfreesboro

14Wingate

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 296 towns #63#291 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 297 towns #265#40 Most remote workersWork · 285 towns #279#100 Fastest growingGrowth · 291 towns #267#90 Highest graduation rateSchools · 284 towns #173#14 Highest incomeIncome · 297 towns #276#170 Lowest obesityHealth · 296 towns #185#84 Fewest smokersHealth · 296 towns #154#71

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

MurfreesboroWingate

Snow a year3″2″

January low29°F 30°F

July high88°F 91°F

Growing season (days)208d 213d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)87th 39th

Outdoors & history

MurfreesboroWingate

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2.5%3%

Settled1787 —

National Register places11 —

Archive photos6 4

Famous people born here11 —

Community

MurfreesboroWingate

Library hours a week43 hrs —

Colleges in town1 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

213 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MurfreesboroNC WingateNC

Murfreesboro ↔ Wingate213 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

MurfreesboroWingate

People

Population 3,170Lowest 4,425Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -7.6%Lowest NC: +9.5% +16.2%Highest NC: +9.5%

Median age 25.7±8.5Highest 34% below NC 21.8±0.9Lowest 44% below NC

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

Kids under 18 28.3%±3.8Highest NC: 21.8% 17.2%±4.6Lowest NC: 21.8%

Age 65+ 15.9%±2.7Highest NC: 17.2% 7.6%±3.9Lowest NC: 17.2%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 32.7%Lowest NC: 35.7% 37.9%Highest NC: 35.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 20.9%±4Lowest NC: 6.4% 46.1%±5Highest NC: 6.4%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $39,914±$7kLowest 45% below NC $63,068±$22kHighest 13% below NC

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $158,600±$10kLowest 45% below NC $229,800±$15kHighest 20% below NC

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,079±$142Lowest 12% below NC $1,123±$184Highest 9% below NC

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,691Highest 11% below NC $1,438Lowest 24% below NC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 66.7%±23Lowest NC: 48.9% 74.9%±10.8Highest NC: 48.9%

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

Below poverty line 39.5%Highest NC: 13% 17%Lowest NC: 13%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 54.1%Lowest NC: 66.6% 60.9%Highest NC: 66.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Lowest 20 yrs older than NC 1987Highest 4 yrs older than NC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest about the NC average 23 minLowest 7% below NC

Work from home 1.7%±1.9Lowest NC: 16.3% 14%±5.9Highest NC: 16.3%

Work in townworking residents 15.3%Highest 3.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miLowest 23.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.07Highest 0.76Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Ahoskie (9%)Monroe (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WingateFew work in Murfreesboro

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.5%Lowest 3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 52.8Highest 43.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #249 of 252 in NC #209 of 252 in NC

School district Hertford County SchoolsUnion County Public Schools

High school in town None in townNone in town

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Murfreesboro vs Wingate

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,050 more a month in Wingate

Wingate places higher on 14 of 19 NC lists

What daily life feels like in each

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