Mars Hill ranks #14 in North Carolina for fewest smokers
Mars Hill is ranked on 32 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 7.
More snow than 100% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Mars Hill’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Mars Hill does best on
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mars Hill marked.
Mars Hill lands in the top half on 12 of 19 lists
Each dot is Mars Hill’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Mars Hill does best come first.
4 spots from the top 10 for fewest smokers
Lists where Mars Hill sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every NC list, and where Mars Hill lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#43
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#20
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#14
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#30
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#62
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#258
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#267 People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #53
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#14
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#284
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
#232
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#175 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 La Grange · 1.2 yrs
#174
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#126
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#121
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#213 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#269
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#196 Climate
Snowiest#1 Boone · 26 in
#1
Least snow#1 Laurinburg · 1.1 in
#220
Mildest winters#1 Southport · 36.8°
#282
Hottest summers#1 Laurinburg · 91.4°
#267
Coolest summers#1 Boone · 78.9°
#22
Longest growing season#1 Kill Devil Hills · 266 days
#294
Wettest#1 Brevard · 69 in
#253 
The number on the right is Mars Hill’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.