King ranks #29 in North Carolina for safety
King is ranked on 36 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 1.
Cooler summers than 90% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just King’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
King 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.
King lands in the top half on 8 of 22 lists
Each dot is King’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where King does best come first.
4 spots from the top 25 for safety
Lists where King sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
The lists King does best on
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with King marked.
Every NC list, and where King lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Emerald Isle · 68.9%
#134
Most new homes#1 Wendell · 77.4 per 1,000
#29
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Henderson · +129.4%
#148
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Tabor City · 19.2 per home
#54 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 La Grange · 1.2 yrs
#124
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#81
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#106
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#154
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#145
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#154
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#151
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#90
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#214
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#136 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#167 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#182
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
#113
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#160 
The number on the right is King’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.