OssipeeNC
A town of 577.
Is Ossipee a good place to live?
9.7% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Ossipee, below both North Carolina’s towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). Ossipee has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
577 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Ossipee: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ossipee, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Ossipee.
Most of Ossipee’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Ossipee for work: only 0% work in town. Since 2013, Ossipee has lost 44 jobs, to 118 in 2023. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Ossipee, near the North Carolina town median (13%) and above the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Ossipee | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Ossipee has mild winters and hot summers
Ossipee has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 29° and about 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Ossipee, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Ossipee is
Ossipee beats the North Carolina average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 10% of adults have diabetes in Ossipee.
| Ossipee | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 24% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Ossipee | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.2% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 15.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Kenan Memorial Stadium and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ossipee. Close and well known come first.
32 mi Stadium & arenaKenan Memorial Stadium
40 mi Zoo & aquariumNorth Carolina Zoo700K visitors a year
32 mi Stadium & arenaDean Smith Center
32 mi LandmarkBennett Place State Historic Site9 mi MuseumPalmer Memorial Institute
18 mi National Military ParkGuilford Courthouse National Military Park450K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Kenan 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
Everything we know about Ossipee
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Ossipee
About 6 of every 100 Ossipee residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
100% of working residents leave Ossipee for work
Where Ossipee’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Ossipee
Town in North Carolina, United States
Ossipee is an incorporated town in northwestern Alamance County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Ossipee is one of the newer municipalities in the state, as it was incorporated officially on December 9, 2002. It was part of the Altamahaw-Ossipee census-designated place until its incorporation. The town had a 2020 population of 536. The town belongs to the Piedmont Triad metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
Questions about Ossipee
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ossipee, NC a good place to live?
Ossipee has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.