Red Oak ranks #28 in North Carolina for low depression
Red Oak is ranked on 30 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 6.
The lists Red Oak does best on
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Red Oak marked.
Red Oak lands in the top half on 12 of 19 lists
Each dot is Red Oak’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Red Oak does best come first.
More seniors than 93% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Red Oak’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for low depression
Lists where Red Oak sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Red Oak 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.
Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#78
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#62
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#71
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#75
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#39
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#28
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#73 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#105 People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #114
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#266
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#32
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
#22
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#222 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 La Grange · 1.2 yrs
#155
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#127
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#236
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
#172
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#295 Climate
Snowiest#1 Boone · 26 in
Least snow#1 Laurinburg · 1.1 in
Mildest winters#1 Southport · 36.8°
#175
Hottest summers#1 Laurinburg · 91.4°
#121
Coolest summers#1 Boone · 78.9°
#169
Longest growing season#1 Kill Devil Hills · 266 days
#184
Wettest#1 Brevard · 69 in
#165 
The number on the right is Red Oak’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.