Mar-Mac ranks #6 in North Carolina for low property taxes
Mar-Mac is ranked on 32 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 4.
Longer growing season than 98% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Mar-Mac’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Mar-Mac does best on
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mar-Mac marked.
Mar-Mac lands in the top half on 5 of 18 lists
Each dot is Mar-Mac’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Mar-Mac does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for low property taxes
Lists where Mar-Mac sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Mar-Mac lands in every NC ranking
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
#25
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#56
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#6
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#193
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#213
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#154
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#189
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#210
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#63
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#187 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#160 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#137
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#239 
People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #235
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#138
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#162
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
#189
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#34 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Boone · 26 in
#162
Least snow#1 Laurinburg · 1.1 in
#57
Mildest winters#1 Southport · 36.8°
#68
Hottest summers#1 Laurinburg · 91.4°
#98
Coolest summers#1 Boone · 78.9°
#200
Longest growing season#1 Kill Devil Hills · 266 days
#6
Wettest#1 Brevard · 69 in
#79 
The number on the right is Mar-Mac’s spot. All of North Carolina’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 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.