Best Places to Live in North Carolina for Walkable City Living

Top 25 places

1. #1Chapel HillPopulation 58,919 · mixed overall livability100% match
2. #2AshevillePopulation 93,695 · mixed overall livability86% match
3. #3CharlottePopulation 875,045 · mixed overall livability81% match
4. #4RaleighPopulation 465,517 · mixed overall livability81% match
5. #5DurhamPopulation 284,094 · mixed overall livability81% match
6. #6WilmingtonPopulation 116,933 · mixed overall livability81% match
7. #7GreenvillePopulation 87,894 · mixed overall livability81% match
8. #8ApexPopulation 65,541 · solid overall livability81% match
9. #9HuntersvillePopulation 61,202 · mixed overall livability81% match
10. #10KannapolisPopulation 53,314 · mixed overall livability81% match
11. #11Winston-SalemPopulation 249,571 · mixed overall livability69% match
12. #12Rocky MountPopulation 54,260 · mixed overall livability69% match
13. #13CorneliusPopulation 31,396 · solid overall livability69% match
14. #14GarnerPopulation 31,684 · mixed overall livability64% match
15. #15MorrisvillePopulation 29,756 · mixed overall livability61% match
16. #16MatthewsPopulation 29,613 · mixed overall livability61% match
17. #17Mint HillPopulation 26,537 · solid overall livability61% match
18. #18GreensboroPopulation 297,202 · mixed overall livability58% match
19. #19FayettevillePopulation 208,697 · mixed overall livability58% match
20. #20CaryPopulation 174,880 · mixed overall livability58% match
21. #21High PointPopulation 114,120 · mixed overall livability58% match
22. #22ConcordPopulation 105,335 · mixed overall livability58% match
23. #23JacksonvillePopulation 71,908 · mixed overall livability58% match
24. #24BurlingtonPopulation 56,951 · mixed overall livability58% match
25. #25MooresvillePopulation 50,025 · mixed overall livability58% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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