Town · Bertie County, North Carolina

Windsor, North Carolina

Windsor is a town in Bertie County, North Carolina. It has 3,269 residents. Windsor, North Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,284 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within North Carolina it ranks #431 of 458 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), mammography screening (high) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on homicide rate (high), restaurants and bars (low) and dentists (low).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,284 of 15,651 cities and towns
North Carolina: #431 of 458 in NC
Population: 3,269 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,162.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3774680

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety11#13,972/15,637
Economy4#15,035/15,631
Housing70#4,559/14,977
Health18#12,798/15,609
Healthcare10#14,152/15,650
Environment61#5,960/15,453
Education6#14,752/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,784/15,650
Community37#9,865/15,651
Leisure & amenities10#14,151/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Social associations · high27.2 /10k
100/100North Carolina 11.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBertie County value
Mammography screening · high53.0%
85/100North Carolina 50.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBertie County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.4 µg/m³
85/100North Carolina 7.5 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBertie County value
Public libraries · high1.2 /10k
80/100North Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesBertie County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
80/100North Carolina 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBertie County value
Average commute time · low17.7 min
77/100North Carolina 25.1 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Homicide rate · high25.7 /100k
1/100North Carolina 6.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataBertie County value
Restaurants and bars · low2.3 /10k
1/100North Carolina 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBertie County value
Dentists · low12 /100k
1/100North Carolina 62 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBertie County value
Food environment index · low5.3
2/100North Carolina 6.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBertie County value
Premature death · high16,093 /100k
3/100North Carolina 9,400 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBertie County value
Primary care shortage · high19.0
3/100North Carolina 9.9United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBertie County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,457 (2015-2019) → 3,269 (2020-2024)
−5.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
49.2% (2015-2019) → 8.5% (2020-2024)
−41 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
60.7% (2015-2019) → 80.4% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
24.6% (2015-2019) → 15.5% (2020-2024)
−9.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
6.2% (2015-2019) → 13.2% (2020-2024)
+7 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
34.7% (2015-2019) → 41.1% (2020-2024)
+6.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Windsor, North Carolina improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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+20 points60.7% → 80.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Windsor, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.0 min2015-2019	17.7 min2020-2024	−3.3 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%2015-2019	12.0%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	60.7%2015-2019	80.4%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	90%
Effective property tax rate	0.74%2015-2019	0.85%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	6%
High school diploma or higher	71.8%2015-2019	75.8%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	−1.1×	Within the margin of error	98%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5442015-2019	0.4992020-2024	−0.045	Within the margin of error	82%
Median household income	$34,7412015-2019	$40,7142020-2024	+17%	Within the margin of error	27%
Poverty rate	24.6%2015-2019	15.5%2020-2024	−9.1 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.2%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Rent-burdened households	34.7%2015-2019	41.1%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Unemployment rate	6.2%2015-2019	13.2%2020-2024	+7 points	Within the margin of error	2%

“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 Windsor, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Windsor, 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, Windsor, North Carolina itself moved +2.8 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

3,269 residents (±28)

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

770 households (±113)

Windsor, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k26%†204
$25k–50k34%†263
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

770 households (±113)

Windsor, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own60%463
Rent40%†307

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

578 workers (±132)

Windsor, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone72%414
Carpool6.2%†36
Public transit0.0%0

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 Bertie County, the county holding most of Windsor's residents.

Bertie County has 277 employer establishments, 163 for every 10,000 residents (0.66× the US rate of 248; 0.69× North Carolina's), with 4,983 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,565. The Census Bureau also counts 1,015 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 277; 1,015 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 163; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 4,983
Average annual pay: $37,565; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	46	27	4.87×More than typical	155	$11,981	—
Ambulatory health care services	26	15.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	308	$46,627	41
Gasoline stations	15	8.8	2.72×More than typical	101	$24,990	—
Truck transportation	15	8.8	1.74×More than typical	103	$62,097	62
Restaurants and other eating places	12	7.1	0.38×Fewer than typical	140	$18,643	4
Child day care services	8	4.7	1.93×Too few to compare	53	$22,830	18
General merchandise stores	8	4.7	2.66×Too few to compare	56	$20,714	5
Limited-service restaurants	8	4.7	0.59×Too few to compare	108	$19,185	—
Home health care services	6	3.5	2.91×Too few to compare	84	$22,845	21
Outpatient care centers	6	3.5	1.92×Too few to compare	40	$69,050	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	6	3.5	0.52×Too few to compare	549	$28,960	95
Specialty trade contractors	6	3.5	0.23×Too few to compare	32	$31,906	64

Rank places for an industry Open Bertie County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,013 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Bertie 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.

Windsor, 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.

Bertie County12100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Bertie 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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