Thomasville ranks #6 in North Carolina for affordable rent
Thomasville is ranked on 35 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Thomasville does best on
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Thomasville marked.
Thomasville lands in the top half on 7 of 21 lists
Each dot is Thomasville’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Thomasville does best come first.
More homes per newcomer than 89% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Thomasville’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for affordable rent
Lists where Thomasville sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Thomasville out-ranks 0 of its 2 ranked neighbors
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 Thomasville 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
#49
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#73
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#77
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
#6 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#55 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#166
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
#143
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#94 Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#228
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%
#240
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#139
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#177 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Emerald Isle · 68.9%
#105
Most new homes#1 Wendell · 77.4 per 1,000
#77
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Henderson · +129.4%
#60
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Tabor City · 19.2 per home
#56 People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #267
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#119
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#178
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
#170
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#132 
The number on the right is Thomasville’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.