Mount Olive ranks #8 in North Carolina for walkable streets
Mount Olive 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 5.
The lists Mount Olive does best on
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mount Olive marked.
Mount Olive lands in the top half on 6 of 19 lists
Each dot is Mount Olive’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Mount Olive does best come first.
Fewer kids than 87% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Mount Olive’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Every NC list, and where Mount Olive lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#31 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 La Grange · 1.2 yrs
#30
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#94
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#52
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#262
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#8 Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#274
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#264
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#259
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#278
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#272
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#63
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#239 People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #211
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#205
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#95
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
#92
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#257 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Boone · 26 in
#170
Least snow#1 Laurinburg · 1.1 in
#41
Mildest winters#1 Southport · 36.8°
#64
Hottest summers#1 Laurinburg · 91.4°
#95
Coolest summers#1 Boone · 78.9°
#197
Longest growing season#1 Kill Devil Hills · 266 days
#98
Wettest#1 Brevard · 69 in
#71 
The number on the right is Mount Olive’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.