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Lewisville is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, ranked 95th of 286 in North Carolina, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 82% of the country. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $101K. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $400K, 6.1 years of the Winston metro’s $66K median household income. 48% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lewisville, above both the North Carolina town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. Glenwood and Durrett-Jarratt House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Lewisville beats most towns.
Where Lewisville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Lewisville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 48 in 1880, 13,381 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2024 and 4 maps from 1968 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lewisville, 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 Lewisville.
Lewisville has less food insecurity than most of North Carolina and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of North Carolina; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of North Carolina.
Its widest gap with North Carolina is food insecurity: 8.4% of its 10,386 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.2% statewide.
30% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Lewisville. Lewisville beats the North Carolina average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Lewisville.
| Lewisville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lewisville | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 15.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.2% | 12.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. Its three schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisville MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 888 | – |
| Forsyth Country Day School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 2,285 | – |
| Lewisville ElementaryTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 591 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
Lewisville has 1,586 jobs for its 5,870 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Lewisville for work: only 3% work in town. 19% of Lewisville workers work from home. The top destinations are Winston-Salem (44%), Greensboro (8%) and Charlotte (5%).
| Lewisville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Yadkinville 6 E weather station, 7 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 191 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 76% of North Carolina places with climate records. July afternoons average 88°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 79% of North Carolina places with climate records; January nights average 28.2°.
Lewisville has mild winters and warm summers. About 7 inches of snow falls in a winter. The January low in Lewisville is 28°F.
| Lewisville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 28°F | 31°F | 22°F |
| July high | 88°F | 89°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 6.1 years of the Winston metro’s $66K median household income, the typical home (about $401K) costs more against local pay than in 85% of North Carolina towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living.
The typical Lewisville home is worth about $401,000, about the same as a year ago, 21% above the North Carolina typical home.
| Lewisville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,095 a month | $1,084 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 2013, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lewisville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just 40 of its 9,419 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Lewisville itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.0 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Jack Warren Park, at 24 acres. Lewisville’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Lewisville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jack Warren Park | 0.6 mi | 24 |
| 2. Joanie Moser Memorial Park | 0.3 mi | 19 |
| 3. Shallowford Square | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lewisville. Close and well known come first.
38 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
10 mi Stadium & arenaAllegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium
10 mi MuseumOld Salem
17 mi MountainPilot Mountain
8 mi MuseumReynolda House Museum of American Art
22 mi State parkHanging Rock State ParkBlue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hanging Rock State Park: Jacalyn Engler from Greensboro, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
7 within 15 miles of the center of Lewisville
About 3 of every 100 Lewisville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
Town in North Carolina, United States
Lewisville is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 13,388 at the 2020 census, up from 12,639 in 2010. It is a Piedmont Triad community.
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One town shares a border with Lewisville.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisville | #95 | B− | C+ | — | C+ | A− |
| Clemmons | #123 | C+ | C− | — | C+ | A− |
Lewisville and Clemmons report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lewisville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lewisville grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #95 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades A− for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
