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Princeville is a small town of 1,619 people in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It's about 17 miles from Rocky Mount, NC and 62 miles from Raleigh, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 51°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $106k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,619people
$106kTypical home
$1,103/moRent
89° / 51°Summer / winter
5"Snow
249Sunny days
113Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,619
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,075 people per sq mi
- 62 mi to Raleigh, NC
- 17 mi to Rocky Mount, NC
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $106k (≈$668/mo)
- Median rent $1,103/mo
- Median household income $46k
- Property tax about 1.3% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 51°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 249 sunny days a year (105 totally clear)
- 116 cloudy days a year
- 34 of 90 winter days are gray
- 113 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (199 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (895 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 35% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 10% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to PGV airport
- 70 mi to RDU (major hub)
- 15 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 43% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1998
- 70% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 46 ft
- 36 mi to the ocean
- 42 mi to a big lake
- 41 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 104 mi to the nearest ski area
- 21 mi to the nearest campground
- 16 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 150 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- 28 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 24 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 16% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 19 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 20 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Edgecombe County: D+23 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk