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Walnut Cove is a small town of 2,115 people in Stokes County, North Carolina. It's about 19 miles from Winston-Salem, NC and 84 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 49°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $217k and rent runs about $674 a month.
2,115people
$217kTypical home
$674/moRent
89° / 49°Summer / winter
8"Snow
239Sunny days
116Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,115
- Part of a metro area
- About 837 people per sq mi
- 84 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 19 mi to Winston-Salem, NC
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $217k (≈$1,370/mo)
- Median rent $674/mo
- Median household income $45k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 49°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 239 sunny days a year (91 totally clear)
- 126 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- 116 days a year with rain or snow
- 8" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 2 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (206 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,021 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 31% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 18 mi to GSO airport
- 18 mi to GSO (major hub)
- 69 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 68% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 81% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 646 ft
- 174 mi to the ocean
- 56 mi to a big lake
- 31 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 85 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 29 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 716 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 86 bars within 25 mi
- 150 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 12 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 30 museums within 25 mi
- 7 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 17 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 19 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 13 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Stokes County: R+60 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk