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Mayodan earns a D, 212th among North Carolina's 286 graded towns, mostly because of safety and health. Its crime rate is higher than 98% of U.S. towns, with 9 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Residents are less healthy than 77% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. One bright spot: a typical home costs about $155K, 2.4 years of the Greensboro metro’s $66K median household income. Mayodan’s property crime rate is 39.7 per 1,000 residents, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 21.8 and U.S. towns at 9.9. On the outdoors, just 2 of North Carolina’s 451 towns do better. Mayo Mountain Access, at 335 acres with 3.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Mayodan beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
32.4% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Mayodan is from typical.
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Census counts: 904 in 1900, 2,418 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1911 and 3 maps from 1971 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mayodan, 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 Mayodan.
Mayodan trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, keeps more of its land conserved than most of North Carolina and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
Its 599 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 97% of North Carolina towns. Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #3 of 290 in North Carolina.
5.0 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Mayodan is 1.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mayo Mountain Access | 3.8 mi | 335 |
| 2. Farris Memorial Park | 0.9 mi | 229 |
| 3. Mayodan Park | 0.3 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Property crime runs at 39.7 per 1,000 residents, about twice the North Carolina rate, most of it theft. Reported crimes fell from 229 to 108 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Mayodan’s violent crime rate is 3.6 per 1,000 residents. Mayodan reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 98% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Homes are within reach (about $155K for the typical one, A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 22 miles. At 2.4 years of the Greensboro metro’s $66K median household income, the typical home (about $155K) costs less against local pay than in 97% of North Carolina towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
60% of households own their home in Mayodan. The typical Mayodan home is worth about $155,000, down 0.9% in a year, 53% below the North Carolina typical home.
| Mayodan | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $817 a month | $1,086 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Against the 1,976 U.S. towns with household incomes like Mayodan’s, it is healthier than 78%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
43% of Mayodan adults have high blood pressure. Mayodan beats the North Carolina average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 16% of Mayodan adults report frequent physical distress.
| Mayodan | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Mayodan | NC |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.8% | 76.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.8% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Danbury weather station, 12 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 202 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 78% of North Carolina places with climate records. January nights average 28.4°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 82% of North Carolina places with climate records; July afternoons average 88.2°.
Mayodan has mild winters and warm summers. About 9 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Mayodan | 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
Jobs based here grew from 592 in 2013 to 1,374.
Most working residents leave Mayodan for work: only 7% work in town. Since 2013, Mayodan has added 782 jobs, to 1,374 in 2023. The top destinations are Greensboro (18%), Madison (8%) and Charlotte (4%).
| Mayodan | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $38,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mayodan.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mayodan. Close and well known come first.
32 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
26 mi Stadium & arenaAllegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium
29 mi MountainPilot Mountain
28 mi MuseumOld Salem
17 mi State parkHanging Rock State Park
27 mi MuseumReynolda House Museum of American ArtBlue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hanging Rock State Park: Jacalyn Engler from Greensboro, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mayodan
About 2 of every 100 Mayodan residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
Town in North Carolina, United States
Mayodan is a town in Rockingham County, North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, Mayodan had a population of 2,418. It is a manufacturing site for Sturm, Ruger & Co., Bridgestone Aircraft Tire, and formerly General Tobacco until its closure in 2010. Washington Mills Company, later Tultex, operated a textile mill in Mayodan until 1999. The town is named for two rivers that converge nearby, the Mayo and the Dan, and, according to Ripley's Believe It or Not!, is the only town in the world with this name.
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One town shares a border with Mayodan.
Madison has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Mayodan with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Mayodan grades D overall, better than 15% of U.S. towns and #212 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades C− for health, D− for safety and C+ for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
