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About Maiden
Town in North Carolina, United StatesMaiden 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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How Maiden ranks
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Housing in Maiden
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
Work & commute in Maiden
Full picture →Most working residents leave Maiden for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hickory (13%), Newton (9%) and Charlotte (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.
Health in Maiden
Health Grade B−
Healthier than 51% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with North Carolina
No difference on any of 32 measures is outside the margin of error.
What stands out
Nothing stands out: Maiden tracks North Carolina closely.
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Natural hazards in Maiden
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 29% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Maiden
Full climate →Maiden has mild winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 29°, and about 6 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Maiden
All Maiden schools →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.
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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