New Bern, North Carolina, ranked above its small city peers in Eastern North Carolina, but not so well compared to other small cities in North Carolina or nationally in a new WalletHub report released today.
The study takes into account affordability, economic health, education and health, quality of life, and safety.
Using those measures, New Bern ranks ahead of every other small city straddling or east of Interstate 95, including its closest neighbors considered “small cities,” Greenville and Jacksonville. Smaller towns including Havelock and Kinston were not included in the study.
As for the rest of the state, New Bern falls in the middle of the pack, and in the nation, posted an unremarkable 29th percentile.
|
Percentile* |
City |
Total Score |
‘Affordability’ Rank |
‘Economic Health’ Rank |
‘Education & Health’ Rank |
‘Quality of Life’ Rank |
‘Safety’ Rank |
|
98 |
Holly Springs, NC |
68.7 |
15 |
203 |
242 |
1052 |
72 |
|
98 |
Apex, NC |
68.61 |
86 |
34 |
244 |
618 |
187 |
|
95 |
Wake Forest, NC |
67.15 |
103 |
80 |
270 |
483 |
291 |
|
89 |
Huntersville, NC |
65.48 |
76 |
129 |
531 |
637 |
299 |
|
85 |
Asheville, NC |
64.42 |
983 |
215 |
619 |
4 |
1165 |
|
84 |
Matthews, NC |
64.33 |
138 |
171 |
551 |
329 |
623 |
|
83 |
Chapel Hill, NC |
64.19 |
869 |
266 |
581 |
63 |
473 |
|
80 |
Concord, NC |
63.66 |
332 |
227 |
806 |
244 |
385 |
|
71 |
Mooresville, NC |
62.18 |
380 |
192 |
707 |
137 |
877 |
|
54 |
Cornelius, NC |
59.32 |
303 |
204 |
535 |
513 |
665 |
|
52 |
Kannapolis, NC |
59.02 |
504 |
94 |
1026 |
899 |
662 |
|
50 |
Garner, NC |
58.61 |
382 |
1093 |
353 |
629 |
820 |
|
36 |
Indian Trail, NC |
56.56 |
96 |
379 |
509 |
1224 |
1072 |
|
33 |
Hickory, NC |
55.97 |
666 |
633 |
1094 |
98 |
1123 |
|
29 |
New Bern, NC |
55.15 |
923 |
870 |
1031 |
178 |
1009 |
|
21 |
Thomasville, NC |
53.63 |
585 |
774 |
1093 |
1019 |
1075 |
|
18 |
Burlington, NC |
53.11 |
793 |
888 |
1058 |
409 |
1082 |
|
16 |
Jacksonville, NC |
52.6 |
1128 |
1057 |
839 |
251 |
944 |
|
15 |
Monroe, NC |
52.31 |
821 |
854 |
808 |
578 |
1191 |
|
12 |
Greenville, NC |
51.71 |
1075 |
1146 |
969 |
145 |
1087 |
|
11 |
Asheboro, NC |
51.3 |
806 |
756 |
1134 |
544 |
1148 |
|
8 |
Sanford, NC |
50.08 |
679 |
891 |
1118 |
515 |
1224 |
|
5 |
Salisbury, NC |
48.66 |
959 |
879 |
1148 |
363 |
1234 |
|
5 |
Rocky Mount, NC |
48.58 |
852 |
1129 |
1200 |
640 |
1158 |
|
4 |
Gastonia, NC |
48.39 |
826 |
707 |
1161 |
635 |
1237 |
|
4 |
Wilson, NC |
48.12 |
828 |
1102 |
1167 |
592 |
1208 |
|
2 |
Goldsboro, NC |
46.5 |
1037 |
1177 |
1154 |
316 |
1236 |
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