Mountain View ranks #20 in North Carolina for low property taxes
Mountain View is ranked on 29 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
The lists Mountain View does best on
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mountain View marked.
Mountain View lands in the top half on 10 of 18 lists
Each dot is Mountain View’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Mountain View does best come first.
More kids than 94% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Mountain View’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Mountain View out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Mountain View 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.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#36 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 La Grange · 1.2 yrs
#102
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#97
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#20
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#142
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#167
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#125
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#117
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#90
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#214
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#165 
People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #183
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#192
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#104
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
#96
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#18 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#202
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#248 Climate
Snowiest#1 Boone · 26 in
Least snow#1 Laurinburg · 1.1 in
Mildest winters#1 Southport · 36.8°
#227
Hottest summers#1 Laurinburg · 91.4°
#215
Coolest summers#1 Boone · 78.9°
#82
Longest growing season#1 Kill Devil Hills · 266 days
#167
Wettest#1 Brevard · 69 in
#135 
The number on the right is Mountain View’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.