Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Alamance’s best subject grade is an A for history; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 34 of North Carolina’s 450 towns score lower on walkability. Only 10 of North Carolina’s 451 towns score lower on the outdoors. Alamance's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. On history, just 35 of North Carolina’s 451 towns do better. Alamance has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Alamance beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Alamance is from typical.
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Census counts: 320 in 1980, 988 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1943 and 2 maps from 1969 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Alamance, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Alamance.
0.6% of working residents work locally in Alamance, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 6.8% and U.S. towns at 8%. Since 2013, Alamance has lost 98 jobs, to 147 in 2023. Alamance’s median household income is $99,000.
| Alamance | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $99,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 13% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Alamance beats the North Carolina average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Alamance, below both North Carolina’s towns (34%) and U.S. towns (36%). 20% of adults get no exercise outside work in Alamance.
| Alamance | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 24% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Alamance | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.1% | 15.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.7% | 13.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Children under 18 are 34% of residents (22% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (23% statewide). 13% of Alamance residents are 65 or older. Alamance has grown 7% since 2020, to 1,061 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Alamance | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 29% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.8 points. Across North Carolina, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Alamance | NC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 22.2% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.4% | 13.4% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.4% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.4% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.4% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.5% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28% | 24.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 14% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.6% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.9% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15% | 13.5% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,100, single groups can be off by several points
Alamance has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 30° and about 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Alamance. Close and well known come first.
26 mi Stadium & arenaKenan Memorial Stadium
32 mi Zoo & aquariumNorth Carolina Zoo700K visitors a year
26 mi Stadium & arenaDean Smith Center
29 mi LandmarkBennett Place State Historic Site8 mi MuseumPalmer Memorial Institute
21 mi National Military ParkGuilford Courthouse National Military Park450K visitors a yearKenan Memorial Stadium: Yeungb, CC BY 3.0 · North Carolina Zoo: Diane Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dean Smith Center: No machine-readable author provided. Snargle~commonswiki assumed (based on copyr, Public domain · Bennett Place State Historic Site: Ildar Sagdejev (Specious), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Alamance
About 6 of every 100 Alamance residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
Where Alamance’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in North Carolina, United States
Alamance is a village in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 988 at the 2020 census.
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Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The typical home is worth about $407,000, 23% above the North Carolina typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
