Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety8#14,445/15,637
Economy1#15,514/15,631
Housing22#11,695/14,977
Health20#12,529/15,609
Healthcare28#11,279/15,650
Environment58#6,441/15,453
Education31#10,783/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,223/15,650
Community34#10,337/15,651
Leisure & amenities13#13,558/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ahoskie, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Hertford County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100North Carolina 14.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHertford County value
Pharmacies · high3.2 /10k
97/100North Carolina 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHertford County value
Social associations · high14.9 /10k
91/100North Carolina 11.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHertford County value
Public libraries · high1.6 /10k
87/100North Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHertford County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.5 µg/m³
82/100North Carolina 7.5 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHertford County value
Mammography screening · high51.0%
76/100North Carolina 50.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHertford County value

Weaknesses

Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100North Carolina 11.5United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHertford County value
Job growth · low-4.5%
2/100North Carolina 0.8%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataHertford County value
Poverty rate · high27.6%
4/100North Carolina 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.509
4/100North Carolina 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100North Carolina 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHertford County value
Child poverty rate · high34.1%
5/100North Carolina 16.6%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.2 /1k (2021) → 0.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+213%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
65.0% (2015-2019) → 86.3% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
49.0% (2015-2019) → 59.5% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
42.6% (2015-2019) → 34.1% (2020-2024)
−8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
15.1% (2015-2019) → 7.5% (2020-2024)
−7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherImproving
77.6% (2015-2019) → 84.1% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Ahoskie, North Carolina improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Uninsured−7.7 points15.1% → 7.5%
Broadband+21 points65.0% → 86.3%
Property tax−0.4 points1.35% → 0.90%
Household income+28%$31,924 → $40,987

Declined3

Inequality+0.0390.470 → 0.509
Rent burden+10 points49.0% → 59.5%
Rent / income+4.2 points29.5% → 33.7%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Ahoskie, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.9 min2015-2019	24.9 min2020-2024	+4.1 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%2015-2019	22.6%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Broadband subscriptions	65.0%2015-2019	86.3%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	92%
Child poverty rate	42.6%2015-2019	34.1%2020-2024	−8.5 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Effective property tax rate	1.35%2015-2019	0.90%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Improved	88%
High school diploma or higher	77.6%2015-2019	84.1%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	55%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4702015-2019	0.5092020-2024	+0.039	Declined	22%
Median household income	$31,9242015-2019	$40,9872020-2024	+28%	Improved	52%
Poverty rate	28.6%2015-2019	27.7%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent as share of income	29.5%2015-2019	33.7%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Declined	26%
Rent-burdened households	49.0%2015-2019	59.5%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	23%
Unemployment rate	13.1%2015-2019	11.7%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.1%2015-2019	7.5%2020-2024	−7.7 points	Improved	93%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Ahoskie, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ahoskie, North Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Ahoskie, North Carolina itself moved −3.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,764 residents (±64)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69
50–59†
40–49
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−4.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,764 residents (±64)

Ahoskie, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White21%1,022
Black66%3,125
Hispanic or Latino4.5%†212

Education

3,096 residents (±154)

Ahoskie, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma16%492
High school or GED30%937
Some college21%646

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,920 households (±119)

Ahoskie, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k33%642
$25k–50k26%505
$50k–75k14%272
$75k–100k9.5%183
$100k–150k7.0%†135
$150k–200k5.2%†99
$200k or more4.4%†84

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+3.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,920 households (±119)

Ahoskie, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own48%913
Rent52%1,007

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+9.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

967 households (±85)

Ahoskie, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $75039%379
$750–1,00037%358
$1,000–1,50019%†184

Home values

913 homes (±96)

Ahoskie, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k52%474
$150k–250k25%224
$250k–400k18%†164

Age of homes

2,318 homes (±118)

Ahoskie, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later5.9%136
2000–20094.5%104
1980–199917%383

Size of homes

2,318 homes (±118)

Ahoskie, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio0.5%†12
1 bedroom6.9%159
2 bedrooms33%773

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,725 workers (±148)

Ahoskie, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone76%1,306
Carpool15%265
Public transit0.8%†13
Walk1.2%†20
Bike0.8%†14
Work from home4.3%†74
Other1.9%†33

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−7.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,651 workers (±142)

Ahoskie, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min54%890
15–29 min14%234
30–44 min13%214

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Hertford County, the county holding most of Ahoskie's residents.

Hertford County has 459 employer establishments, 239 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 1.01× North Carolina's), with 6,870 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,319. The Census Bureau also counts 1,222 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 459; 1,222 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 239; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 6,870
Average annual pay: $51,319; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hertford County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	51	26.6	1.27×More than typical	852	$45,006	77
Restaurants and other eating places	33	17.2	0.94×About typical	523	$16,113	—
Religious organizations	29	15.1	2.72×More than typical	117	$16,197	—
Truck transportation	22	11.5	2.27×More than typical	199	$58,618	87
Limited-service restaurants	20	10.4	1.30×More than typical	429	$15,632	—
Offices of physicians	20	10.4	1.61×More than typical	207	$97,256	8
Specialty trade contractors	18	9.4	0.61×Fewer than typical	89	$36,045	74
Gasoline stations	17	8.9	2.73×More than typical	137	$25,672	—
Building equipment contractors	14	7.3	1.21×About typical	51	$33,569	16
Lessors of real estate	13	6.8	0.55×Fewer than typical	19	$34,368	89
Full-service restaurants	11	5.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	86	$17,872	—
General merchandise stores	11	5.7	3.24×More than typical	302	$26,957	8

Rank places for an industry Open Hertford County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,194 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $112.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Ahoskie, North Carolina: $23.54 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $112.2K
Per resident: $23.54; US $2,007
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$112.2K100%

Top recipients

MEDEX MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICE INC$112.2K100%

Spending by fiscal year

59.5FY2017
437.6FY2020
0FY2024
112.2KFY2026

What was bought

Transportation & logistics$112.2K100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$112.2K100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Ahoskie, North Carolina, so they do not add up across cities.

Ahoskie, North Carolina's figures are part of those of Hertford County, NC ($28.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.4% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Ahoskie is mostly in Hertford County.

See federal money in Hertford County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Ahoskie, North Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Donald G. DavisD-NC-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 70%Missed 1.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Hertford County15100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Hertford County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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