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Map of Maiden: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land0.8%33 of 4,276 acres
Trails0.1 mi0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves39 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Maiden

Town in North Carolina, United States
3,736Population
5.6 sq miArea
899 ftElevation

Maiden is a town in Catawba and Lincoln counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 3,845 at the 2023 census. Maiden High School was the first public high school in the state with an observatory and is currently home to an Apple iCloud Data Center, covering 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2). In May 2012, Apple announced it would generate 60 percent of the Maiden facility's power itself, through a large deployment of fuel cells at the site and a 100-acre (40 ha) solar farm, with an additional 150-acre (61 ha) site 2 miles (3 km) away. The Catawba County portion of Maiden is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Lincoln County por…

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ZIP code28650
Area code828
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Housing in Maiden

$306K▲ 1.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Maiden home is worth about $306,000, up 1.9% in a year, 9% below the North Carolina typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market52
Sale-to-list98%
Sold in May7
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≈Just like North Carolina

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Care nearby

Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton · 7.6 mi · ER
Catawba Valley Family Medicine - MaidenMaiden · 2.8 mi · sliding-scale fees
Primary careShortage · county-wide
DentalShortage · county-wide
Mental healthShortage · county-wide
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CDC's estimate for Maiden · CMS · HRSAHealth in Maiden →

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School Grade B+

The public schools Maiden’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 65% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#76Best public schoolsof 252 in NC
DistrictCatawba County SchoolsSchools3

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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