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Kernersville

A town of 27,830 people in North Carolina
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About Kernersville

Town in North Carolina, United States
1756Established
26,449Population
17.7 sq miArea
1,040 ftElevation

Kernersville is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, and the largest suburb of Winston-Salem. The population was 26,481 at the 2020 census, an increase from 23,123 in 2010. While Kernersville is in the Winston-Salem Metropolitan area, the municipal limits of the town is also located inside the overall center of the Piedmont Triad, with the very small outskirts of the town also extending inside Guilford County (Greensboro-High Point Metropolitan Area), in which access to Downtown Kernersville from the east is via I-40 Exit 206 in the Guilford County municipality of Colfax.

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ZIP code27284, 27285
Area code336
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Housing in Kernersville

$321K▲ 1.1% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Kernersville home is worth about $321,000, up 1.1% in a year, close to the North Carolina typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market38
Sale-to-list98.7%
Sold in May35
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Safety in Kernersville

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Safety Grade C-

Kernersville reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 85% report less. Within North Carolina, it does better than 39% of towns.

Violent crime per 1,000
Kernersville 2.1
North Carolina 3.3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Kernersville 27.6
North Carolina 18.1
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade C+

The public schools Kernersville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 62% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictWinston Salem / Forsyth County SchoolsSchools8

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.

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