Scores by category

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

Safety44#8,723/15,637
Economy11#13,911/15,631
Housing34#9,908/14,977
Health14#13,398/15,609
Healthcare3#15,144/15,650
Environment88#1,823/15,453
Education17#12,965/15,649
Infrastructure7#14,491/15,650
Community38#9,743/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,454/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Violent crime rate · low99 /100k
86/100North Carolina 330 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCaswell County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100North Carolina 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCaswell County value
Unemployment rate · low1.8%
85/100North Carolina 3.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCaswell County value
Social associations · high12.7 /10k
81/100North Carolina 11.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCaswell County value
Median Air Quality Index · low37
78/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCaswell County value

Weaknesses

Median household income · low$27,655
1/100North Carolina $74,055United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Restaurants and bars · low2.7 /10k
1/100North Carolina 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCaswell County value
Drought exposure · high98%
3/100North Carolina 80%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAACaswell County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low6.9%
3/100North Carolina 35.7%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Poverty rate · high38.3%
3/100North Carolina 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100North Carolina 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCaswell County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,371 (2015-2019) → 2,215 (2020-2024)
−6.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
40.7% (2015-2019) → 80.3% (2020-2024)
+40 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
67.8% (2015-2019) → 53.5% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
43.9% (2015-2019) → 56.0% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
12.8% (2015-2019) → 1.8% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$19,828 (2015-2019) → $27,655 (2020-2024)
+39%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, Yanceyville, North Carolina improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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+40 points40.7% → 80.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Yanceyville, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.0 min2015-2019	25.2 min2020-2024	+3.2 min	Within the margin of error	18%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%2015-2019	6.9%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	40.7%2015-2019	80.3%2020-2024	+40 points	Improved	100%
Child poverty rate	67.8%2015-2019	53.5%2020-2024	−14 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Effective property tax rate	0.82%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
High school diploma or higher	71.7%2015-2019	79.2%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Home price to income ratio	4.9×2015-2019	5.6×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	34%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4842015-2019	0.4592020-2024	−0.025	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$19,8282015-2019	$27,6552020-2024	+39%	Within the margin of error	73%
Poverty rate	44.8%2015-2019	38.3%2020-2024	−6.4 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.7%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Rent-burdened households	43.9%2015-2019	56.0%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.8%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Within the margin of error	5%

“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 Yanceyville, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Yanceyville, 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, Yanceyville, North Carolina itself moved −6 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

2,215 residents (±358)

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: 50–59 men (+5.6 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

2,215 residents (±358)

Yanceyville, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White27%594
Black63%1,386
Hispanic or Latino3.7%†81

Education

1,664 residents (±281)

Yanceyville, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma21%†346
High school or GED43%709
Some college15%†244

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

894 households (±195)

Yanceyville, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k46%†415
$25k–50k30%†272
$50k–75k14%†122
$75k–100k3.6%†32
$100k–150k4.5%†40
$150k–200k0.9%†8
$200k or more0.6%†5

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 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

894 households (±195)

Yanceyville, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own38%†343
Rent62%551

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

540 households (±155)

Yanceyville, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $75072%†389
$750–1,00015%†82
$1,000–1,50013%†

Home values

343 homes (±112)

Yanceyville, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k43%†146
$150k–250k48%†166
$250k–400k9.0%†31

Age of homes

990 homes (±203)

Yanceyville, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later1.4%†14
2000–20095.5%†54
1980–199915%†

Size of homes

990 homes (±203)

Yanceyville, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio1.8%†18
1 bedroom24%†236
2 bedrooms35%†347

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

473 workers (±172)

Yanceyville, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone71%†334
Carpool6.8%†32
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.5%†12
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.7%†27
Other14%†68

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−18.0 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

446 workers (±172)

Yanceyville, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min42%†189
15–29 min4.7%†21
30–44 min24%†108

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 Caswell County, the county holding most of Yanceyville's residents.

Caswell County has 242 employer establishments, 108 for every 10,000 residents (0.43× the US rate of 248; 0.45× North Carolina's), with 1,911 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,835. The Census Bureau also counts 1,398 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 242; 1,398 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 108; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 1,911
Average annual pay: $37,835; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	29	12.9	2.33×More than typical	98	$9,806	—
Specialty trade contractors	24	10.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	186	$44,247	175
Ambulatory health care services	12	5.3	0.26×Fewer than typical	173	$54,965	66
Construction of buildings	12	5.3	0.71×Fewer than typical	282	$49,770	67
Building equipment contractors	10	4.4	0.74×Fewer than typical	38	$46,184	36
General merchandise stores	10	4.4	2.52×More than typical	79	$22,519	12
Restaurants and other eating places	10	4.4	0.24×Fewer than typical	146	$16,541	9
Gasoline stations	9	4	1.24×Too few to compare	42	$19,167	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	7	3.1	0.99×Too few to compare	75	$29,867	37
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	7	3.1	0.94×Too few to compare	28	$46,357	20
Grocery and convenience stores	6	2.7	0.90×Too few to compare	98	$21,245	6
Limited-service restaurants	6	2.7	0.33×Too few to compare	115	$16,435	5

Rank places for an industry Open Caswell County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,477 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 Yanceyville, North Carolina: $0 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $2,007
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

YANCEYVILLE OPCO LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

248.7FY2017
32.4KFY2020
55.9KFY2021
68.3KFY2023
62.2FY2024
82.3KFY2025
0FY2026

What was bought

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

Yanceyville, North Carolina's figures are part of those of Caswell County, NC ($136.3K 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: Yanceyville is mostly in Caswell County.

See federal money in Caswell 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.

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

House

Brad KnottR-NC-13 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.6%

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.

Caswell County30100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Caswell County

Largest first.

Milton133

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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