Green Level ranks #4 in North Carolina for low depression
Green Level is ranked on 31 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
More kids than 99% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Green Level’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Green Level does best on
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Green Level marked.
Green Level lands in the top half on 6 of 18 lists
Each dot is Green Level’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Green Level does best come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for low depression
Lists where Green Level sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Green Level 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 Green Level lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 La Grange · 1.2 yrs
#43
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#77
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#53
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#256
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#281
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#216
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#252
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#291
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#4
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#220 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#187
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#57 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#274 People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #276
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#27
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#272
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
#178
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#3 Climate
Snowiest#1 Boone · 26 in
#170
Least snow#1 Laurinburg · 1.1 in
#41
Mildest winters#1 Southport · 36.8°
#203
Hottest summers#1 Laurinburg · 91.4°
#157
Coolest summers#1 Boone · 78.9°
#136
Longest growing season#1 Kill Devil Hills · 266 days
#189
Wettest#1 Brevard · 69 in
#239 
The number on the right is Green Level’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.