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%

Wingate$1,860/mo

Typical home $322K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.63% · or rent about $1,123/mo · Housing →

Murfreesboro$800/mo

Typical home $131K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.07% · or rent about $1,079/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,050 a month, about $12,700 a year, between Wingate and Murfreesboro.

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

Wingate places higher on 14 of 19 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

–WingateNot graded C−MurfreesboroSafer than 17% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−WingateBetter than 81% of districts in the state C−MurfreesboroBetter than 19% of districts in the state

Health

B+WingateHealthier than 66% of U.S. towns CMurfreesboroHealthier than 31% of U.S. towns

14Wingate

4Murfreesboro

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 296 towns #291#63 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 297 towns #40#265 Most remote workersWork · 285 towns #100#279 Fastest growingGrowth · 291 towns #90#267 Highest graduation rateSchools · 284 towns #14#173 Highest incomeIncome · 297 towns #170#276 Lowest obesityHealth · 296 towns #84#185 Fewest smokersHealth · 296 towns #71#154

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

WingateMurfreesboro

Snow a year2″3″

January low30°F 29°F

July high91°F 88°F

Growing season (days)213d 208d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th 87th

Outdoors & history

WingateMurfreesboro

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land3%2.5%

Settled—1787

National Register places—11

Archive photos4 6

Famous people born here—11

Community

WingateMurfreesboro

Library hours a week—43 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

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

213 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WingateNC MurfreesboroNC

Wingate ↔ Murfreesboro213 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

WingateMurfreesboro

People

Population 4,425Highest 3,170Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +16.2%Highest NC: +9.5% -7.6%Lowest NC: +9.5%

Median age 21.8±0.9Lowest 44% below NC 25.7±8.5Highest 34% below NC

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

Kids under 18 17.2%±4.6Lowest NC: 21.8% 28.3%±3.8Highest NC: 21.8%

Age 65+ 7.6%±3.9Lowest NC: 17.2% 15.9%±2.7Highest NC: 17.2%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 37.9%Highest NC: 35.7% 32.7%Lowest NC: 35.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 46.1%±5Highest NC: 6.4% 20.9%±4Lowest NC: 6.4%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,068±$22kHighest 13% below NC $39,914±$7kLowest 45% below NC

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $229,800±$15kHighest 20% below NC $158,600±$10kLowest 45% below NC

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,123±$184Highest 9% below NC $1,079±$142Lowest 12% below NC

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,438Lowest 24% below NC $1,691Highest 11% below NC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 74.9%±10.8Highest NC: 48.9% 66.7%±23Lowest NC: 48.9%

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

Below poverty line 17%Lowest NC: 13% 39.5%Highest NC: 13%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.9%Highest NC: 66.6% 54.1%Lowest NC: 66.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest 4 yrs older than NC 1971Lowest 20 yrs older than NC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 7% below NC 25 minHighest about the NC average

Work from home 14%±5.9Highest NC: 16.3% 1.7%±1.9Lowest NC: 16.3%

Work in townworking residents 3.4%Lowest 15.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miHighest 19.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Lowest 1.07Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Monroe (23%)Ahoskie (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MurfreesboroFew work in Wingate

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 43.4Lowest 52.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #209 of 252 in NC #249 of 252 in NC

School district Union County Public SchoolsHertford County Schools

High school in town None in townNone 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.

Wingate vs Murfreesboro

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,050 more a month in Wingate

Wingate places higher on 14 of 19 NC lists

What daily life feels like in each

213 miles apart

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