Scores by category

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

Safety36#10,061/15,637
Economy85#2,334/15,631
Housing29#10,607/14,977
Health61#6,050/15,609
Healthcare80#3,151/15,650
Environment54#7,161/15,453
Education72#4,450/15,649
Infrastructure59#6,442/15,650
Community86#2,162/15,651
Leisure & amenities78#3,425/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Foxfire, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Moore 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

Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100North Carolina 3.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Mammography screening · high56.0%
94/100North Carolina 50.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMoore County value
Child care cost burden · low20.4%
94/100North Carolina 25.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMoore County value
Voter turnout · high78.6%
94/100North Carolina 72.9%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionMoore County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100North Carolina 12.3United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMoore County value
Reading scores · high3.31
89/100North Carolina 3.07United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMoore County value

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high83%
9/100North Carolina 79%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMoore County value
Rent as share of income · high36.4%
16/100North Carolina 29.5%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Homicide rate · high7.3 /100k
16/100North Carolina 6.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataMoore County value
Students per teacher · high17.8×
16/100North Carolina 16.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsMoore County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high201 min
21/100North Carolina 189 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMoore County value
Traffic deaths · high19.3 /100k
22/100North Carolina 15.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataMoore County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,434 (2015-2019) → 1,925 (2020-2024)
+34%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
43.7% (2015-2019) → 66.7% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
28.4% (2015-2019) → 36.4% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
42.7% (2015-2019) → 34.7% (2020-2024)
−7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
91.8% (2015-2019) → 99.6% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$63,810 (2015-2019) → $85,117 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Foxfire, North Carolina improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 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.

Improved1

Household income+33%$63,810 → $85,117

Declined1

Bachelor's+−7.9 points42.7% → 34.7%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Foxfire, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.0 min2015-2019	29.2 min2020-2024	+4.3 min	Within the margin of error	13%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.7%2015-2019	34.7%2020-2024	−7.9 points	Declined	3%
Broadband subscriptions	91.8%2015-2019	99.6%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.55%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	24%
High school diploma or higher	96.8%2015-2019	95.7%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Home price to income ratio	3.8×2015-2019	4.5×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	36%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3842015-2019	0.4332020-2024	+0.050	Within the margin of error	16%
Median household income	$63,8102015-2019	$85,1172020-2024	+33%	Improved	62%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.4%2015-2019	36.4%2020-2024	+8 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Rent-burdened households	43.7%2015-2019	66.7%2020-2024	+23 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.8%2015-2019	5.6%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Foxfire, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Foxfire, 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, Foxfire, North Carolina itself moved −16.4 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

1,925 residents (±385)

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: 10–19 women (+9.6 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

1,925 residents (±385)

Foxfire, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White82%1,581
Black4.6%†88
Hispanic or Latino6.0%†116

Education

1,272 residents (±201)

Foxfire, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma4.3%†55
High school or GED14%177
Some college21%262

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

715 households (±113)

Foxfire, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k7.7%†55
$25k–50k10%†72
$50k–75k26%†185
$75k–100k17%†125
$100k–150k16%†117
$150k–200k9.9%†71
$200k or more13%†90

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−17.8 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

715 households (±113)

Foxfire, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own84%599
Rent16%†116

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

116 households (±61)

Foxfire, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $7504.3%†5
$750–1,0004.3%†5
$1,000–1,50032%†37

Home values

599 homes (±109)

Foxfire, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k1.2%†7
$150k–250k12%†74
$250k–400k41%247

Age of homes

797 homes (±121)

Foxfire, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later26%†206
2000–200928%221
1980–199931%†244

Size of homes

797 homes (±121)

Foxfire, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio4.3%†34
1 bedroom2.4%†19
2 bedrooms10%†83

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

802 workers (±127)

Foxfire, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone83%665
Carpool2.2%†18
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.2%†10
Bike0.0%0
Work from home13%†105
Other0.5%†4

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.7 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

697 workers (±121)

Foxfire, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min15%†105
15–29 min59%†412
30–44 min7.5%†

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC

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 Moore County, the county holding most of Foxfire's residents.

Moore County has 2,516 employer establishments, 235 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248; 0.99× North Carolina's), with 36,324 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,137. The Census Bureau also counts 10,348 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,516; 10,348 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 235; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 36,324
Average annual pay: $53,137; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	214	20	0.96×About typical	3,627	$80,834	654
Restaurants and other eating places	213	19.9	1.08×About typical	3,798	$21,154	42
Specialty trade contractors	156	14.6	0.94×About typical	1,714	$81,249	643
Lessors of real estate	144	13.5	1.09×About typical	313	$53,326	1,330
Construction of buildings	103	9.6	1.27×More than typical	440	$57,764	314
Full-service restaurants	102	9.5	1.24×About typical	1,926	$24,622	17
Services to buildings and dwellings	100	9.4	1.39×More than typical	669	$40,709	667
Management, scientific and technical consulting	96	9	1.34×More than typical	800	$109,636	524
Limited-service restaurants	84	7.9	0.98×About typical	1,521	$17,734	20
Religious organizations	81	7.6	1.37×More than typical	482	$27,786	—
Offices of physicians	77	7.2	1.11×About typical	1,548	$92,744	152
Real estate agents and brokers	77	7.2	1.48×More than typical	128	$55,141	435

Rank places for an industry Open Moore County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 106,915 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 $499.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Foxfire, North Carolina: $260 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $499.8K; −16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $260; US $1,994
Sole-source: 28%; US 30%
Single offer: 16%; US 8.8%

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

Top buying agencies

U.S. Marshals Service$355.2K71%
Defense Threat Reduction Agency$87.6K18%
Department of the Army$50.4K10%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$3,0190.6%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$2,5250.5%
Defense Logistics Agency$7820.2%
U.S. Coast Guard$3390.1%

Top recipients

K2K9 SOLUTIONS LLC$357.3K71%
PREMIER TECHNOLOGY, INC.$87.6K18%
CARAPACE ARMOR TECHNOLOGY, LLC$50K10%
ADVANCED GOVERNMENT LOGISTICS INC$3,0190.6%
QUANTICO TACTICAL INCORPORATED$1,1210.2%

Spending by fiscal year

53.2KFY2017
48.5KFY2018
68.5KFY2019
174.1KFY2020
199.7KFY2021
124.7KFY2022
152.8KFY2023
160.5K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other personal services · 8129$354.8K71%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$87.6K18%
Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369$50K10%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$3,0190.6%
Investigation and security services · 5616$2,5250.5%
Electric lighting equipment manufacturing · 3351

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 Foxfire, North Carolina, so they do not add up across cities.

Foxfire, North Carolina's figures are part of those of Moore County, NC ($38M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.3% of that total.

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

See federal money in Moore 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.

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

House

Richard HudsonR-NC-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.2%

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.

Moore County81100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC84

Other cities and towns in Moore 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
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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