TyroNC
Is Tyro a good place to live?
Tyro gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $192K, 2.9 years of the Winston metro’s $66K median household income. It grades B overall, ranked 70th of 286 in North Carolina. On walkability, just 39 of North Carolina’s 450 towns do worse. Its National Register listings include St. Luke's Lutheran Church Cemetery and Philip Sowers House. No town in North Carolina scores lower than Tyro on the outdoors.
What makes Tyro stand out
Where Tyro beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Tyro for work
Where Tyro’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Tyro grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Tyro is from typical.
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Moving to Tyro: who provides what
Tyro is unincorporated, so Davidson County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Tyro.
Tyro is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of North Carolina.
Most of Tyro’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here grew from 361 in 2013 to 517.
Most working residents leave Tyro for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Tyro grew to 517 in 2023, 156 more than in 2013. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in Tyro, above both the North Carolina town median (13%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Tyro | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Tyro’s schools rank ahead of 54% of North Carolina districts
Its public schools are run by the Davidson County Schools. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is West Davidson High, with 740 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyro MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 528 | C+ |
| West Davidson HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 740 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
In Tyro, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Lexington weather station, 7 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 199 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 83% of North Carolina places with climate records. January nights average 28.6°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 79% of North Carolina places with climate records; July afternoons average 88.2°.
Tyro has mild winters and warm summers. Tyro’s January low is 29°F, against 31°F in North Carolina’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Tyro | 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
Moderate risk in Tyro, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Tyro are less healthy than 54% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,472 U.S. towns with household incomes like Tyro’s, it is healthier than 73%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Tyro beats the North Carolina average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 27% of Tyro adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Tyro | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Tyro | NC |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.3% | 13.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 7.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Tyro sells for about $340K at the median
At 2.9 years of the Winston metro’s $66K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 90% of North Carolina towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $918, against $1,896 across North Carolina, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Tyro’s median rent is $746 a month.
| Tyro | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $746 a month | $1,086 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 80% | 67% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lake Norman and 24 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tyro. Close and well known come first.
38 mi LakeLake Norman
24 mi Stadium & arenaAllegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium
21 mi MuseumOld Salem
36 mi Zoo & aquariumNorth Carolina Zoo700K visitors a year
38 mi MountainPilot Mountain
9 mi MuseumNorth Carolina Transportation MuseumPhoto credits
Lake Norman: Prince Grobhelm, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Carolina Zoo: Diane Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · North Carolina Transportation Museum: Unknown, Public domain
Everything we know about Tyro
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Tyro
About 3 of every 100 Tyro residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
About Tyro
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Tyro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located 7 miles (11 km) west of Lexington and 24 miles (39 km) south of Winston-Salem in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community had a population of 3,753.
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- Area
- 13 sq mi
- Elevation
- 828 ft
Questions about Tyro
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Tyro, NC a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Tyro grades B overall, better than 57% of U.S. towns and #70 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades B− for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Tyro, NC expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $192,000, 42% below 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 A.