Is Stokesdale a good place to live?
Stokesdale grades B+ overall, ranked 43rd of 286 in North Carolina, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $121K and residents are healthier than 82% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $388K, 5.9 years of the Greensboro metro’s $66K median household income. Stokesdale's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 93% of U.S. towns. Only 6 of the 290 North Carolina towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Stokesdale. The biggest park or preserve is Stokesdale Town Park At Martin's Meadow, at 21 acres.
What makes Stokesdale stand out
Where Stokesdale beats most towns.
Stokesdale has grown 22% since 2010
5,047 counted in 2010 and 5,924 in 2020; an estimated 6,133 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Stokesdale grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Stokesdale is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium and 20 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stokesdale. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Stadium & arenaAllegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium
18 mi MuseumOld Salem
29 mi MountainPilot Mountain
20 mi State parkHanging Rock State Park
18 mi MuseumReynolda House Museum of American Art
9 mi National Military ParkGuilford Courthouse National Military Park450K visitors a yearPhoto credits
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 · 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 · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain
Moving to Stokesdale: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stokesdale, 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 Stokesdale.
Stokesdale has less food insecurity than most of North Carolina and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of North Carolina; it also has little public open land.
Stokesdale’s grade for health is an A−
Its widest gap with North Carolina is food insecurity: 9.5% of its 4,456 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.2% statewide. Against the 5,604 U.S. towns with household incomes like Stokesdale’s, it is healthier than 58%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
31% of Stokesdale adults sleep under 7 hours, against 34% in North Carolina’s towns and 36% across U.S. towns. 20% of adults get no exercise outside work in Stokesdale. Stokesdale beats the North Carolina average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Stokesdale | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 24% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Stokesdale | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 15.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.5% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Stokesdale’s public schools outperform 53% of North Carolina districts
Its public schools are run by the Guilford County Schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stokesdale ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 473 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
Stokesdale has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based here grew from 868 in 2013 to 1,451.
Most working residents leave Stokesdale for work: only 4% work in town. At $121,000, Stokesdale’s median household income is where North Carolina’s towns sit at $69,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. 5.6% of Stokesdale residents live below the poverty line.
| Stokesdale | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $121,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than North Carolina overall
The median household earns $121,071, against $72,388 across North Carolina, one input to its A for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 48% of residents (38% statewide). The median age in Stokesdale is 45.7 years. Stokesdale has grown 3.6% since 2020, to 6,133 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Stokesdale | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 45.7 years | 40.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.5 points. Across North Carolina, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Stokesdale | NC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.7% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.2% | 13.4% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.3% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.7% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.3% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.3% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.9% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.3% | 24.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.6% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29.1% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.1% | 13.5% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Low risk in Stokesdale, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Stokesdale has four seasons and hot summers
July afternoons average 88°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 79% of North Carolina places with climate records; January nights average 29°.
Stokesdale has mild winters and warm summers. About 7 inches of snow falls in a winter. Stokesdale’s January low is 29°F.
| Stokesdale | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 29°F | 31°F | 22°F |
| July high | 88°F | 89°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Stokesdale’s grade for cost of living is a C
The typical Stokesdale home is worth about $388,000, up 2.8% in a year, 17% above the North Carolina typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Conserved land covers 0.9% of Stokesdale
Just 110 of its 12,224 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Stokesdale itself; its outdoors grade is D.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Stokesdale Town Park At Martin's Meadow | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Stokesdale
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Stokesdale
About 6 of every 100 Stokesdale residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
96% of working residents leave Stokesdale for work
Where Stokesdale’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Stokesdale
Town in North Carolina, United States
Stokesdale is a town in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States with small parts in the counties of Rockingham, Forsyth, and Stokes. The population was 5,924 at the 2020 census. Belews Lake is located nearby, and North Carolina Highway 68 and North Carolina Highway 65 both intersect U.S. Route 158 near the town's center.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1989
- Area
- 19 sq mi
- Elevation
- 945 ft
- ZIP code
- 27357
- Area code
- 336
Stokesdale’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Stokesdale.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stokesdale | #43 | B+ | C | — | B− | A− |
| Oak Ridge | #38 | B+ | C− | — | B− | A |
| Summerfield | #54 | B | C− | — | B− | A |
Stokesdale, Oak Ridge and Summerfield report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Stokesdale with a neighbor →
Questions about Stokesdale
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Stokesdale, NC a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Stokesdale grades B+ overall, better than 67% of U.S. towns and #43 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades A− for health and B− for schools.
Is Stokesdale, NC expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.