Movoto Real Estate's Best Cities in North Carolina

Name	Population	Rank	Cost of Living Rank	Home Value Rank	Amenity Rank	Income Rank	Education Rank	Crime Rank	Big Deal Score
Apex	40,420	1	28	6	25	3	1	2	10.8
Wake Forest	32,936	2	28	8	7	9	12	8	12
Matthews	28,699	3	28	11	18	7	5	10	13.2
Morrisville	20,591	4	41	5	22	6	3	5	13.7
Garner	26,732	5	11	23	5	12	17	25	15.5
Clemmons	19,108	6	28	14	19	11	12	13	16.2
Cary	145,693	7	42	3	48	1	2	2	16.3
Chapel Hill	58,424	8	50	1	25	14	3	9	17
Huntersville	49,344	8	42	7	33	5	8	7	17
Mint Hill	23,956	10	23	12	47	10	10	6	18
Mooresville	33,451	11	19	15	10	17	24	24	18.2
Holly Springs	26,865	12	42	10	50	2	7	1	18.7
Raleigh	423,179	13	19	13	36	17	15	14	19
Statesville	25,044	14	1	34	1	40	35	4	19.2
Cornelius	26,243	15	48	4	44	4	5	12	19.5
Concord	81,981	16	11	21	25	14	30	17	19.7
Fuquay-Varina	19,929	17	11	17	40	13	27	18	21
Durham	239,358	18	7	19	31	20	22	32	21.8
Charlotte	775,202	18	15	20	40	14	19	23	21.8
Indian Trail	34,800	18	28	18	42	8	16	19	21.8
Jacksonville	69,220	21	28	33	31	25	12	11	23.3
Kernersville	23,452	21	15	22	33	19	24	27	23.3
Monroe	33,641	23	7	27	2	23	47	35	23.5
Carrboro	20,433	24	49	2	46	26	9	16	24.7
Sanford	29,064	24	23	36	3	32	40	14	24.7
Havelock	20,767	26	28	32	35	21	10	33	26.5
High Point	106,586	27	23	29	23	22	32	31	26.7
Hickory	40,093	28	15	24	15	35	30	42	26.8
Wilmington	109,922	29	42	9	24	34	22	33	27.3
Asheville	85,712	29	47	16	16	32	24	29	27.3
Shelby	20,270	31	3	44	12	45	39	22	27.5
New Bern	30,316	32	28	25	17	38	27	38	28.8
Lexington	18,936	33	3	45	10	46	50	20	29
Salisbury	33,622	34	15	38	8	37	33	44	29.2
Kannapolis	43,782	34	1	40	25	30	43	36	29.2
Greensboro	277,080	36	23	28	37	27	21	41	29.5
Winston-Salem	234,349	37	7	31	49	27	27	38	29.8
Greenville	87,242	38	28	29	29	44	17	36	30.5
Thomasville	26,841	39	5	45	20	38	48	29	30.8
Elizabeth City	18,478	40	23	25	44	42	36	21	31.8
Fayetteville	202,103	41	28	42	38	23	19	43	32.2
Gastonia	72,723	42	11	37	39	30	40	38	32.5
Asheboro	25,559	43	5	43	12	46	45	45	32.7
Goldsboro	37,051	44	28	41	6	43	33	49	33.3
Rocky Mount	57,136	45	19	45	21	35	36	46	33.7
Burlington	51,306	46	28	39	29	27	36	48	34.5
Lumberton	21,768	47	7	50	14	48	42	50	35.2
Wilson	49,610	48	28	34	43	40	43	26	35.7
Kinston	21,625	49	19	49	9	50	45	47	36.5
Lenoir	17,999	50	46	48	3	48	48	27	36.7