Town · Rockingham County, North Carolina

Mayodan, North Carolina

Mayodan is a town in Rockingham County, North Carolina, part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area. It has 2,401 residents. Mayodan, North Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 16 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,072 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within North Carolina it ranks #380 of 458 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), social associations (high) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on median household income (low), primary care shortage (high) and injury deaths (high).

16Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,072 of 15,651 cities and towns
North Carolina: #380 of 458 in NC
Population: 2,401 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 834.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 3742060

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety24#11,950/15,637
Economy23#12,008/15,631
Housing55#6,747/14,977
Health9#14,270/15,609
Healthcare9#14,181/15,650
Environment73#4,220/15,453
Education9#14,265/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,601/15,650
Community50#7,831/15,651
Leisure & amenities19#12,731/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Child care cost burden · low21.2%
91/100North Carolina 25.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRockingham County value
Social associations · high14.6 /10k
90/100North Carolina 11.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRockingham County value
Pharmacies · high2.3 /10k
85/100North Carolina 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRockingham County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyRockingham County value
Unemployment rate · low2.2%
80/100North Carolina 3.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
80/100North Carolina 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRockingham County value

Weaknesses

Median household income · low$38,446
5/100North Carolina $74,055United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100North Carolina 9.9United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationRockingham County value
Injury deaths · high141 /100k
6/100North Carolina 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRockingham County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low9.5%
6/100North Carolina 35.7%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Drought exposure · high89%
7/100North Carolina 79%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAARockingham County value
Drug overdose deaths · high31.3 /100k
7/100North Carolina 20.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRockingham County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateWorsening
17.1% (2015-2019) → 50.1% (2020-2024)
+33 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
57.9% (2015-2019) → 85.8% (2020-2024)
+28 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Unemployment rateImproving
10.3% (2015-2019) → 2.2% (2020-2024)
−8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$27,614 (2015-2019) → $38,446 (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
54.8% (2015-2019) → 47.4% (2020-2024)
−7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
76.9% (2015-2019) → 82.8% (2020-2024)
+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, Mayodan, North Carolina improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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

Broadband+28 points57.9% → 85.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Mayodan, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.9 min2015-2019	28.5 min2020-2024	+2.6 min	Within the margin of error	23%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%2015-2019	9.5%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Broadband subscriptions	57.9%2015-2019	85.8%2020-2024	+28 points	Improved	97%
High school diploma or higher	76.9%2015-2019	82.8%2020-2024	+6 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	85%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4852015-2019	0.4432020-2024	−0.042	Within the margin of error	81%
Median household income	$27,6142015-2019	$38,4462020-2024	+39%	Within the margin of error	73%
Poverty rate	22.2%2015-2019	22.8%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent as share of income	31.0%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Rent-burdened households	54.8%2015-2019	47.4%2020-2024	−7.4 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.5%2015-2019	12.7%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	33%

“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 Mayodan, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mayodan, 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, Mayodan, North Carolina itself moved +9.8 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

2,401 residents (±415)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

1,200 households (±166)

Mayodan, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k35%†414
$25k–50k23%†271
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,200 households (±166)

Mayodan, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own60%717
Rent40%†483

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,110 workers (±188)

Mayodan, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone78%863
Carpool14%†160
Public transit0.2%†2

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 Greensboro-High Point, 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 Rockingham County, the county holding most of Mayodan's residents.

Rockingham County has 1,632 employer establishments, 176 for every 10,000 residents (0.71× the US rate of 248; 0.74× North Carolina's), with 21,282 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,000. The Census Bureau also counts 6,131 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,632; 6,131 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 176; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 21,282
Average annual pay: $41,000; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	134	14.5	0.94×About typical	770	$53,939	635
Restaurants and other eating places	126	13.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	2,062	$18,322	23
Religious organizations	119	12.9	2.32×More than typical	530	$17,689	—
Ambulatory health care services	88	9.5	0.46×Fewer than typical	988	$46,347	250
Building equipment contractors	66	7.1	1.19×About typical	366	$49,333	124
Gasoline stations	64	6.9	2.13×More than typical	301	$25,917	7
Limited-service restaurants	60	6.5	0.81×About typical	1,141	$18,159	13
Construction of buildings	56	6.1	0.80×About typical	182	$50,335	194
Full-service restaurants	55	5.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	886	$18,621	8
Services to buildings and dwellings	54	5.8	0.87×About typical	362	$24,583	601
Lessors of real estate	52	5.6	0.46×Fewer than typical	109	$41,028	500
Automotive repair and maintenance	43	4.6	0.92×About typical	216	$34,463	161

Rank places for an industry Open Rockingham County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 92,535 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Mayodan, North Carolina: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

37KFY2017
138.3KFY2018
177.6KFY2019
0FY2020

What was bought

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 Mayodan, North Carolina, so they do not add up across cities.

Mayodan, North Carolina's figures are part of those of Rockingham County, NC ($65.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Rockingham 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.

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

House

Virginia FoxxR-NC-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.4%

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.

Rockingham County24100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Greensboro-High Point, NC52

Other cities and towns in Rockingham 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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