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%

Randleman$1,560/mo

Typical home $261K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.88% · or rent about $801/mo · Housing →

Green Level$990/mo

Typical home $168K (Census) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $891/mo · Housing →

The difference: $560 a month, about $6,800 a year, between Randleman and Green Level.

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

Randleman 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.

Schools

B−RandlemanBetter than 53% of districts in the state –Green LevelNot graded

Health

DRandlemanHealthier than 6% of U.S. towns DGreen LevelHealthier than 14% of U.S. towns

9Randleman

8Green Level

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 296 towns #291#4 Highest graduation rateSchools · 284 towns #57#245 Most walkableOutdoors · 297 towns #208#57 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 297 towns #78#221 Shortest commuteGetting around · 297 towns #134#274 Fastest growingGrowth · 291 towns #120#31 Most remote workersWork · 285 towns #102#177 Fewest smokersHealth · 296 towns #288#216

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

RandlemanGreen Level

Snow a year5″2″

January low27°F —

July high88°F —

Growing season (days)224d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 32nd

Outdoors & history

RandlemanGreen Level

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land2.2%—

Settled1830 —

National Register places2 —

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here5 —

Community

RandlemanGreen Level

Library hours a week49 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

34 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RandlemanNC Green LevelNC

Randleman ↔ Green Level34 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

RandlemanGreen Level

People

Population 4,644Highest 3,230Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +11.7%Lowest NC: +9.5% +50.1%Highest NC: +9.5%

Median age 37.4±8Highest 4% below NC 32±3.1Lowest 18% below NC

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

Kids under 18 28.5%±7.8Lowest NC: 21.8% 33.9%±7Highest NC: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 15.5%±4.7Lowest NC: 17.2% 17%±4.4Highest NC: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14%Highest NC: 35.7% 13.3%Lowest NC: 35.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±3.4Highest NC: 6.4% 3.3%±1.9Lowest NC: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $53,456±$15kLowest 26% below NC $55,823±$10kHighest 23% below NC

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $184,700±$35kHighest 36% below NC $168,400±$35kLowest 42% below NC

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $801±$175Lowest 35% below NC $891±$106Highest 27% below NC

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,621Highest 15% below NC $1,317Lowest 31% below NC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 68.7%±26.8Highest NC: 48.9% 32.3%±21Lowest NC: 48.9%

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

Below poverty line 32.6%Highest NC: 13% 19%Lowest NC: 13%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 61.5%Lowest NC: 66.6% 67.1%Highest NC: 66.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Lowest 10 yrs older than NC 1986Highest 5 yrs older than NC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 6% below NC 33 minHighest 30% above NC

Work from home 13.9%±8Highest NC: 16.3% 8.9%±5Lowest NC: 16.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.6%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.40Highest 0.04Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Asheboro (17%)Burlington (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Green LevelFew work in Randleman

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.2%Highest 2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 39.4Lowest 67.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #155 of 252 in NC—

School district Randolph County School System—

High school in town None 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.

Randleman vs Green Level

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $560 more a month in Randleman

Randleman places higher on 9 of 18 NC lists

What daily life feels like in each

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