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%

Wallace$1,310/mo

Typical home $218K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.91% · or rent about $881/mo · Housing →

Long View$1,100/mo

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

The difference: $200 a month, about $2,400 a year, between Wallace 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 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.

Safety

DWallaceSafer than 8% of U.S. towns –Long ViewNot graded

Schools

C−WallaceBetter than 24% of districts in the state B−Long ViewBetter than 50% of districts in the state

Health

CWallaceHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns CLong ViewHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns

8Wallace

9Long View

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 296 towns #11#214 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 297 towns #295#151 Shortest commuteGetting around · 297 towns #21#142 Highest graduation rateSchools · 284 towns #245#133 Fastest growingGrowth · 291 towns #285#174 Lowest property taxCost of living · 297 towns #115#41 Fewest smokersHealth · 296 towns #154#216 Most conserved landOutdoors · 276 towns #160#209

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

WallaceLong View

Snow a year1″0″

January low31°F —

July high91°F —

Growing season (days)220d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)89th 7th

Outdoors & history

WallaceLong View

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—1.4%

National Register places3 1

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here7 —

Community

WallaceLong View

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

203 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WallaceNC Long ViewNC

Wallace ↔ Long View203 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

WallaceLong View

People

Population 3,457Lowest 5,011Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -12%Lowest NC: +9.5% +4.5%Highest NC: +9.5%

Median age 43.6±6.3Highest 12% above NC 43.5±7.6Lowest 11% above NC

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

Kids under 18 21%±7.2Highest NC: 21.8% 15.9%±4.7Lowest NC: 21.8%

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

Age 65+ 15.7%±5.1Lowest NC: 17.2% 17.6%±5Highest NC: 17.2%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.5%Highest NC: 35.7% 7.9%Lowest NC: 35.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.4%±4.5Highest NC: 6.4% 1%±0.9Lowest NC: 6.4%

Wallace 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 $51,250±$13kHighest 29% below NC $46,739±$2kLowest 35% below NC

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $178,000±$46kHighest 38% below NC $157,300±$21kLowest 46% below NC

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $881±$198Highest 28% below NC $794±$158Lowest 35% below NC

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,617Highest 15% below NC $1,259Lowest 34% below NC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.5%±19.1Highest NC: 48.9% 37.7%±16.2Lowest NC: 48.9%

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

Below poverty line 30.4%Highest NC: 13% 11.3%Lowest NC: 13%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 57.5%Highest NC: 66.6% 53.1%Lowest NC: 66.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 14 yrs older than NC 1970Lowest 21 yrs older than NC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 27% below NC 24 minHighest 5% below NC

Work from home 7.1%±7.1Highest NC: 16.3% 3.4%±3.7Lowest NC: 16.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 10.1%Highest 3.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 31.8 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.54Highest 1.39Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Raleigh (5%)Hickory (31%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.7%Highest 1.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 79.3Highest 68.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #246 of 252 in NC—

School district Duplin County SchoolsHickory City Schools

High school in town None in townNone in town

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.

Wallace vs Long View

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $200 more a month in Wallace

Long View places higher on 9 of 18 NC lists

What daily life feels like in each

203 miles apart

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