Roanoke Rapids ranks #12 in North Carolina for affordable rent
Roanoke Rapids is ranked on 36 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 6.
Steadier prices than 100% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Roanoke Rapids’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Roanoke Rapids does best on
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Roanoke Rapids marked.
Roanoke Rapids lands in the top half on 7 of 22 lists
Each dot is Roanoke Rapids’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Roanoke Rapids does best come first.
2 spots from the top 10 for affordable rent
Lists where Roanoke Rapids sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Roanoke Rapids 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
#23
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#66
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#166
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
#12 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#179
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
#41
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#49 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#87 Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#224
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#185
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#216
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#222
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#172
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#63
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#183 
People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #220
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#159
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#137
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
#116
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#83 
The number on the right is Roanoke Rapids’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.