Butner ranks #7 in North Carolina for conserved land
Butner is ranked on 33 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Butner does best on
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Butner marked.
Butner lands in the top half on 10 of 21 lists
Each dot is Butner’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Butner does best come first.
Colder winters than 89% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Butner’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 3 for conserved land
Lists where Butner sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Butner out-ranks 0 of its 1 ranked neighbors
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.
Every NC list, and where Butner lands
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
#230
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#167
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#216
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#222
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#278
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#63
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#115 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 La Grange · 1.2 yrs
#112
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#192
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#136
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#7
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
#175
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#264 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#150 People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #160
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#160
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#138
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
#183
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#154 
The number on the right is Butner’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.