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Ossipee vs Cooleemee

63 miles apart. The biggest differences: trails (3× in Ossipee) and typical home built (36 yrs in Cooleemee).

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Ossipee, NCA small town of 795North Carolina · 795 people
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Cooleemee, NCHomes around $129KNorth Carolina · 988 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

OssipeeA small town of 795
Quiet strengthsOssipee doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Ossipee →
CooleemeeHomes around $129K
Housing$129K typical home61% below the NC typical home All about Cooleemee →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Trails3×
Ossipee has more miles of trail
Ossipee 0.3 miCooleemee 0.1 mi
Typical home built36 yrs
Cooleemee’s homes are older
Ossipee 1974Cooleemee 1938
Work from home+7.5 pts
More people work from home in Ossipee
Ossipee 8.4%Cooleemee 0.9%
Street grid+62%
Cooleemee has the more walkable street grid
Cooleemee 57.3Ossipee 35.4
Average commute4 min
Ossipee has the shorter commute
Cooleemee 29 minOssipee 25 min
★ What stands out · 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.

Ossipee$740/mo
Typical home $126K (Census) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $1,094/mo · Housing →
Cooleemee$760/mo
Typical home $129K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $968/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.

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.

Schools
–OssipeeNot graded BCooleemeeBetter than 60% of districts in the state
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
OssipeeCooleemee
Snow a year2″4″
January low—27°F
July high—89°F
Growing season (days)—203d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)34th53rd
Outdoors & history
OssipeeCooleemee
Trails—0 mi
Conserved land—7.8%
National Register places—1
Community
OssipeeCooleemee
Library hours a week—30 hrs
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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

63 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

OssipeeNCCooleemeeNC
Ossipee ↔ Cooleemee63 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.

OssipeeCooleemee
People
Population 795Lowest 988Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.3%Highest NC: +9.5% -2.1%Lowest NC: +9.5%
Median age 34.8±10.1Lowest 11% below NC 35.4±4.9Highest 9% below NC
Cooleemee and Ossipee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 26.3%±6.1Lowest NC: 21.8% 27.1%±3.8Highest NC: 21.8%
Cooleemee and Ossipee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 12.7%±1.6Lowest NC: 17.2% 12.8%±3.6Highest NC: 17.2%
Cooleemee and Ossipee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9.7%Lowest NC: 35.7% 15.4%Highest NC: 35.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.3%±5 NC: 6.4% 6.3%±3.4 NC: 6.4%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $70,417±$31kHighest about the NC average $46,750±$8kLowest 35% below NC
Ossipee and Cooleemee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $125,700±$34kLowest 56% below NC $144,600±$20kHighest 50% below NC
Cooleemee and Ossipee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,094±$645Highest 11% below NC $968±$134Lowest 21% below NC
Ossipee and Cooleemee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $981Lowest 48% below NC $1,119Highest 41% below NC
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 29.2%±35.3Lowest NC: 48.9% 64.2%±16.7Highest NC: 48.9%
Cooleemee and Ossipee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 14.2%Highest NC: 13% 10.6%Lowest NC: 13%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 80.1%Highest NC: 66.6% 74.9%Lowest NC: 66.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1974Highest 17 yrs older than NC 1938Lowest 53 yrs older than NC
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 25 minLowest about the NC average 29 minHighest 14% above NC
Work from home 8.4%±5.3Highest NC: 16.3% 0.9%±1.4Lowest NC: 16.3%
Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 2.3%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 23.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.54Lowest 0.67Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Burlington (21%)Winston-Salem (12%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CooleemeeFew work in Ossipee
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 7.8%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 35.4Lowest 57.3Highest
Schools
School district —Davie County Schools
High school in town —None in town
North Carolina average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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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.

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