North Star is #1 in Delaware for health
North Star is ranked on 31 lists against the 36 Delaware towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 13 and the top quarter on 13.
North Star is on Delaware’s podium 6 times
Each list ranks every DE town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with North Star marked.
North Star out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
More snow than 100% of Delaware
Not better or worse, just North Star’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for working from home
Lists where North Star sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
North Star lands in the top half on 14 of 18 lists
Each dot is North Star’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in DE, the right end is last. Areas where North Star does best come first.
Where North Star lands in every DE ranking
34 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
N Healthiest#1 North Star · 97 / 100 #1
Lowest obesity#1 Hockessin · 26%
#1
Fewest smokers#1 Greenville · 7%
#1
N
Most active#1 North Star · 18%
#1
N
Fewest uninsured#1 North Star · 4%
#1
Lowest depression#1 Lewes · 18%
#5
Closest to a top hospital#1 Brookside · 2.5 mi
#8 
People
Most educated#1 Greenville · 79.3%
#2
Youngest#1 Newark · 22.1
#31
Oldest#1 Lewes · 67.2
#6
Most residents 65+#1 Lewes · 59.3%
#13
Most kids#1 Dover Base Housing · 36%
#26 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pike Creek · 34.7%
#7
Most trails#1 Dover Base Housing · 5.5 mi / sq mi
#3
Most walkable#1 Elsmere · 145 / sq mi
#34 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Dover Base Housing · 11.7 min
#15 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Harrington · 2.6 yrs
#33
Cheapest rent#1 Lewes · $381/mo
Lowest property tax#1 Harrington · $1,088/yr
#34 Climate
Snowiest#1 Wilmington · 20 in
#1
Least snow#1 Laurel · 8.0 in
#22
Mildest winters#1 Ocean View · 29.5°
#34
Hottest summers#1 Seaford · 88.7°
#32
Coolest summers#1 Ocean View · 86.1°
#4
Longest growing season#1 Lewes · 231 days
#16
N
Wettest#1 North Star · 48 in
#1 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Ocean View · 45.7%
#15
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Seaford · +66.1%
#25 Safety
Safest#1 Townsend · 6.6
The number on the right is North Star’s spot. All of Delaware’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every DE list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.