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%

Roxboro$1,330/mo

Typical home $220K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.97% · or rent about $860/mo · Housing →

Long View$1,100/mo

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

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,700 a year, between Roxboro 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 14 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

D−RoxboroSafer than 3% of U.S. towns –Long ViewNot graded

Schools

C+RoxboroBetter than 36% of districts in the state B−Long ViewBetter than 50% of districts in the state

Health

DRoxboroHealthier than 8% of U.S. towns CLong ViewHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns

3Roxboro

14Long View

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

Highest graduation rateSchools · 284 towns #276#133 Most walkableOutdoors · 297 towns #163#56 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 297 towns #237#151 Lowest depressionHealth · 296 towns #139#214 Most activeHealth · 296 towns #271#202 Fastest growingGrowth · 291 towns #240#174 HealthiestHealth · 296 towns #269#208 Shortest commuteGetting around · 297 towns #194#142

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

RoxboroLong View

Snow a year3″0″

January low26°F —

July high89°F —

Growing season (days)194d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)17th 7th

Outdoors & history

RoxboroLong View

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0.6%1.4%

Settled1855 —

National Register places5 1

Archive photos5 —

Famous people born here18 —

Community

RoxboroLong View

Library hours a week47 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

142 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RoxboroNC Long ViewNC

Roxboro ↔ Long View142 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

RoxboroLong View

People

Population 8,182Highest 5,011Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.7%Lowest NC: +9.5% +4.5%Highest NC: +9.5%

Median age 45.3±7.8Highest 16% above NC 43.5±7.6Lowest 11% above NC

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

Kids under 18 20.2%±4.1Highest NC: 21.8% 15.9%±4.7Lowest NC: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 22.3%±4.3Highest NC: 17.2% 17.6%±5Lowest NC: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.1%Highest NC: 35.7% 7.9%Lowest NC: 35.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.5%±1.9Highest NC: 6.4% 1%±0.9Lowest NC: 6.4%

Roxboro 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 $36,553±$6kLowest 50% below NC $46,739±$2kHighest 35% below NC

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $157,700±$22kHighest 45% below NC $157,300±$21kLowest 46% below NC

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $860±$50Highest 30% below NC $794±$158Lowest 35% below NC

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,524Highest 20% below NC $1,259Lowest 34% below NC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 60.9%±14.3Highest NC: 48.9% 37.7%±16.2Lowest NC: 48.9%

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

Below poverty line 33.3%Highest NC: 13% 11.3%Lowest NC: 13%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 50.7%Lowest NC: 66.6% 53.1%Highest NC: 66.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1967Lowest 24 yrs older than NC 1970Highest 21 yrs older than NC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 4% above NC 24 minLowest 5% below NC

Work from home 6.8%±4.4Highest NC: 16.3% 3.4%±3.7Lowest NC: 16.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 17.6%Highest 3.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.8 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.86Highest 1.39Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Durham (19%)Hickory (31%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Long ViewFew work in Roxboro

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 1.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 49.7Lowest 68.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #135 of 252 in NC—

School district Roxboro Community School · Person County SchoolsHickory City Schools

High school in town Person HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 25.8 —

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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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.

Roxboro vs Long View

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Roxboro

Long View places higher on 14 of 18 NC lists

What daily life feels like in each

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