Eden
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Outdoors in Eden
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1985
DETAIL VIEW OF TRUSS - Berry Hill Bridge, Spanning Dan River at State Route 1761 (VA State Route 880), 1985
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church
St. Luke's Episcopal Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 17, 1989. It is significant for its architecture and social history at the local level.
About Eden
City in North Carolina, United StatesEden is a city in Rockingham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Greensboro-High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area of the Piedmont Triad region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,405. From the late nineteenth century through much of the 20th, the city was a center of textile mills and manufacturing. The city was incorporated in 1967 through the consolidation of three towns: Leaksville, Spray, and Draper.
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How Eden ranks
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Housing in Eden
The typical Eden home is worth about $148,000, down 1.7% in a year, 56% below the North Carolina typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Eden
Safety Grade C-
Eden reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 85% report less. Within North Carolina, it does better than 38% of towns.
Work & commute in Eden
Full picture →Most working residents leave Eden for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Greensboro (13%), Reidsville (5%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.
Health in Eden
Health Grade D
Healthier than 15% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 43% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with North Carolina
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 13 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Eden
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 29% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Eden
Full climate →Eden has mild winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 28°, and about 5 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Eden
All Eden schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Eden’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 57% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NC. Ratings are from neighbors.
Eden’s library
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Where Eden is
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