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%

Roxobel$310/mo

Typical home $53K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.88% · or rent about $1,100/mo · Housing →

Cofield$480/mo

Typical home $82K (Census) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $825/mo · Housing →

The difference: $160 a month, about $2,000 a year, between Cofield and Roxobel.

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.

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

RoxobelCofield

Snow a year1″3″

January low33°F 29°F

July high89°F 88°F

Growing season (days)223d 208d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)77th 79th

Outdoors & history

RoxobelCofield

National Register places3 —

Community

RoxobelCofield

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

21 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RoxobelCofield

Roxobel ↔ Cofield21 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

RoxobelCofield

People

Population 326Highest 300Lowest

Median age 43.6±28.5Lowest 12% above NC 43.8±26.9Highest 12% above NC

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

Kids under 18 14.1%±11.3Lowest NC: 21.8% 21.7%±13.4Highest NC: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 28.2%±10.2Lowest NC: 17.2% 30.3%±4.1Highest NC: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.7%Highest NC: 35.7% 17.7%Lowest NC: 35.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±2.8Highest NC: 6.4% 1.7%±5.5Lowest NC: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $39,167±$12kLowest 46% below NC $41,250±$37kHighest 43% below NC

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $99,600±$20kHighest 66% below NC $82,100±$54kLowest 72% below NC

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,100±$61Highest 10% below NC $825±$272Lowest 33% below NC

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $877Highest 54% below NC $552Lowest 71% below NC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 77.3%±79.8Lowest NC: 48.9% 80%±24.4Highest NC: 48.9%

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

Below poverty line 6.1%Lowest NC: 13% 25.3%Highest NC: 13%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 67.4%Highest NC: 66.6% 63.3%Lowest NC: 66.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 14 yrs older than NC 1973Lowest 18 yrs older than NC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 min 12% below NC 22 min 12% below NC

Work from home 23.9%±29.9Highest NC: 16.3% 7.4%±6.1Lowest NC: 16.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 1.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 36.8 miHighest 23.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.24Lowest 1.71Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Windsor (8%)Ahoskie (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CofieldFew work in Roxobel

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 17.3Highest 6.4Lowest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Roxobel vs Cofield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $160 more a month in Cofield

What daily life feels like in each

21 miles apart

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