Counties
Water damage help by North Carolina county
Each county page combines Census housing data with ten years of daily NOAA weather data, so the advice fits the homes and winters where you live.
| County | Seat | Homes | Built pre-1980 | Freeze nights ≤ 20°F | 1"+ rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | Graham | 77,073 | 42% | 6 | 10.8 |
| Alexander | Taylorsville | 16,218 | 43% | 9 | 10.5 |
| Alleghany | Sparta | 7,804 | 51% | 21 | 15 |
| Anson | Wadesboro | 9,954 | 62% | 3 | 10.9 |
| Ashe | Jefferson | 17,218 | 45% | 25 | 13.2 |
| Avery | Newland | 14,201 | 35% | 27 | 13.3 |
| Beaufort | Washington | 24,526 | 50% | 2 | 12.8 |
| Bertie | Windsor | 8,984 | 48% | 4 | 11.9 |
| Bladen | Elizabethtown | 15,286 | 46% | 3 | 11.6 |
| Brunswick | Bolivia | 99,077 | 14% | 2 | 15.5 |
| Buncombe | Asheville | 134,483 | 37% | 15 | 10.9 |
| Burke | Morganton | 40,358 | 49% | 10 | 13.4 |
| Cabarrus | Concord | 93,691 | 30% | 5 | 10.4 |
| Caldwell | Lenoir | 37,387 | 50% | 10 | 14.2 |
| Camden | Camden | 4,301 | 21% | 4 | 11.4 |
| Carteret | Beaufort | 52,181 | 29% | 1 | 16.2 |
| Caswell | Yanceyville | 10,521 | 48% | 9 | 10.9 |
| Catawba | Newton | 73,133 | 42% | 7 | 11.1 |
| Chatham | Pittsboro | 35,914 | 24% | 5 | 9.9 |
| Cherokee | Murphy | 18,404 | 26% | 15 | 14.4 |
| Chowan | Edenton | 7,190 | 51% | 3 | 12.8 |
| Clay | Hayesville | 7,497 | 34% | 14 | 16 |
| Cleveland | Shelby | 44,304 | 51% | 7 | 10 |
| Columbus | Whiteville | 23,563 | 47% | 2 | 12.9 |
| Craven | New Bern | 48,533 | 33% | 2 | 13.6 |
| Cumberland | Fayetteville | 143,798 | 38% | 3 | 9.8 |
| Currituck | Currituck | 17,079 | 16% | 3 | 11.5 |
| Dare | Manteo | 35,278 | 24% | 2 | 12.3 |
| Davidson | Lexington | 76,396 | 43% | 6 | 9.6 |
| Davie | Mocksville | 19,311 | 36% | 8 | 9.1 |
| Duplin | Kenansville | 23,861 | 41% | 3 | 12.5 |
| Durham | Durham | 153,022 | 31% | 7 | 11.1 |
| Edgecombe | Tarboro | 23,281 | 54% | 5 | 11.3 |
| Forsyth | Winston-Salem | 175,631 | 44% | 8 | 9.9 |
| Franklin | Louisburg | 31,767 | 22% | 7 | 11.1 |
| Gaston | Gastonia | 101,671 | 47% | 4 | 11.1 |
| Gates | Gatesville | 4,827 | 35% | 5 | 11.7 |
| Graham | Robbinsville | 5,240 | 36% | 19 | 14.6 |
| Granville | Oxford | 24,787 | 33% | 8 | 10.9 |
| Greene | Snow Hill | 7,939 | 44% | 4 | 12.5 |
| Guilford | Greensboro | 238,032 | 41% | 7 | 10.9 |
| Halifax | Halifax | 24,872 | 51% | 6 | 10.4 |
| Harnett | Lillington | 54,902 | 27% | 4 | 10 |
| Haywood | Waynesville | 35,560 | 46% | 23 | 12.6 |
| Henderson | Hendersonville | 58,044 | 35% | 11 | 15.1 |
| Hertford | Winton | 9,816 | 54% | 5 | 11.4 |
| Hoke | Raeford | 20,921 | 22% | 3 | 10.3 |
| Hyde | Swan Quarter | 2,952 | 48% | 1 | 14.7 |
| Iredell | Statesville | 84,199 | 27% | 8 | 10.1 |
| Jackson | Sylva | 27,803 | 32% | 19 | 16 |
| Johnston | Smithfield | 91,218 | 22% | 4 | 11.4 |
| Jones | Trenton | 4,698 | 42% | 3 | 13.2 |
| Lee | Sanford | 27,166 | 37% | 4 | 9 |
| Lenoir | Kinston | 26,879 | 54% | 4 | 12.5 |
| Lincoln | Lincolnton | 39,504 | 29% | 6 | 10.5 |
| Macon | Franklin | 27,216 | 36% | 15 | 16.2 |
| Madison | Marshall | 11,356 | 39% | 15 | 7.4 |
| Martin | Williamston | 11,058 | 56% | 4 | 11.8 |
| McDowell | Marion | 21,575 | 43% | 11 | 16.6 |
| Mecklenburg | Charlotte | 503,071 | 25% | 4 | 10.6 |
| Mitchell | Bakersville | 8,697 | 53% | 26 | 10.6 |
| Montgomery | Troy | 14,998 | 44% | 3 | 11.1 |
| Moore | Carthage | 50,280 | 30% | 3 | 9.9 |
| Nash | Nashville | 43,797 | 40% | 6 | 10.8 |
| New Hanover | Wilmington | 120,050 | 31% | 2 | 16.5 |
| Northampton | Jackson | 10,641 | 48% | 7 | 11.4 |
| Onslow | Jacksonville | 87,354 | 26% | 3 | 14.8 |
| Orange | Hillsborough | 62,858 | 32% | 7 | 11.6 |
| Pamlico | Bayboro | 7,322 | 35% | 1 | 15.3 |
| Pasquotank | Elizabeth City | 17,721 | 39% | 4 | 11.9 |
| Pender | Burgaw | 31,844 | 20% | 3 | 14.8 |
| Perquimans | Hertford | 6,967 | 36% | 4 | 12.5 |
| Person | Roxboro | 18,584 | 46% | 9 | 10.8 |
| Pitt | Greenville | 82,638 | 30% | 4 | 12.3 |
| Polk | Columbus | 11,042 | 45% | 6 | 16.6 |
| Randolph | Asheboro | 62,901 | 41% | 5 | 10.4 |
| Richmond | Rockingham | 19,893 | 57% | 3 | 9.3 |
| Robeson | Lumberton | 49,111 | 40% | 3 | 10.5 |
| Rockingham | Wentworth | 43,868 | 53% | 8 | 10.9 |
| Rowan | Salisbury | 64,975 | 47% | 6 | 9.6 |
| Rutherford | Rutherfordton | 32,775 | 49% | 7 | 13.3 |
| Sampson | Clinton | 25,852 | 40% | 3 | 11.6 |
| Scotland | Laurinburg | 14,441 | 47% | 3 | 10.4 |
| Stanly | Albemarle | 28,632 | 56% | 4 | 11.1 |
| Stokes | Danbury | 21,497 | 46% | 9 | 12.4 |
| Surry | Dobson | 33,747 | 51% | 10 | 13.3 |
| Swain | Bryson City | 8,629 | 37% | 22 | 14.3 |
| Transylvania | Brevard | 19,266 | 42% | 12 | 19.7 |
| Tyrrell | Columbia | 2,229 | 51% | 2 | 13 |
| Union | Monroe | 88,851 | 20% | 4 | 8.9 |
| Vance | Henderson | 19,489 | 47% | 8 | 11.6 |
| Wake | Raleigh | 496,047 | 18% | 5 | 11.4 |
| Warren | Warrenton | 11,723 | 34% | 8 | 11.1 |
| Washington | Plymouth | 6,040 | 62% | 3 | 13.6 |
| Watauga | Boone | 33,355 | 36% | 24 | 13.5 |
| Wayne | Goldsboro | 53,505 | 44% | 4 | 11.6 |
| Wilkes | Wilkesboro | 31,836 | 51% | 10 | 14.2 |
| Wilson | Wilson | 37,053 | 42% | 5 | 12.1 |
| Yadkin | Yadkinville | 17,253 | 46% | 10 | 10.5 |
| Yancey | Burnsville | 11,376 | 36% | 26 | 12.1 |
Housing: ACS 2020-2024. Weather: NOAA nClimGrid-Daily, 2015–2024, per year.
Other North Carolina counties
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