Windsor makes North Carolina’s top 10 on 4 lists
Windsor is ranked on 30 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 4 and the top quarter on 7.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Windsor marked.
Fewer kids than 97% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Windsor’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for low depression
Lists where Windsor sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Windsor lands in the top half on 9 of 19 lists
Each dot is Windsor’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Windsor does best come first.
Where Windsor 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
#6
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#26
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#3
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#242
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#256
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#259
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#222
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#260
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#4
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#8 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#13 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#24
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#107 
People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #281
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#194
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#106
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
#105
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#285 
The number on the right is Windsor’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.