Bermuda Run makes North Carolina’s top 10 on 3 lists
Bermuda Run is ranked on 29 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 9.
Older than 97% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Bermuda Run’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Bermuda Run does best on
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Bermuda Run marked.
1 spot from the top 3 for low depression
Lists where Bermuda Run sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Bermuda Run lands in the top half on 12 of 17 lists
Each dot is Bermuda Run’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Bermuda Run does best come first.
Where Bermuda Run lands in every NC ranking
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#61
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#20
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#14
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#75
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#11
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#4
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#96 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
#10
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#11 People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #59
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#289
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#9
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#267 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 La Grange · 1.2 yrs
#204
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#163
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#223
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#240 Climate
Snowiest#1 Boone · 26 in
#89
Least snow#1 Laurinburg · 1.1 in
#106
Mildest winters#1 Southport · 36.8°
#253
Hottest summers#1 Laurinburg · 91.4°
#223
Coolest summers#1 Boone · 78.9°
#72
Longest growing season#1 Kill Devil Hills · 266 days
#255
Wettest#1 Brevard · 69 in
#256 
The number on the right is Bermuda Run’s spot. All of North Carolina’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every NC 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.