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City in North Carolina

Winston-Salem, NC

Forsyth County

City in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States.

Population
255,769 (2024)
Density
1,913 / sq mi
Land area
133.7 sq mi
Water area
1.2 sq mi
Elevation
984 ft
Founded
1766
Coordinates
36.1029, -80.2608

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Photos of Winston-Salem

  • West End Historic District Sign

    Carolinalove28 · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Richard J High School

    Jeff Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Herman W. Gymnasium

    Jeff Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Santana Garrett June 2015

    Mike Kalasnik · CC BY-SA 2.0

  • Gunner 2015

    Mike Kalasnik · CC BY-SA 2.0

  • Zevely House (Winston-Salem, N.C.)

    Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Hoots Milling Company Roller Mill

    Nyttend · Public domain

  • H.D. Poindexter Houses

    Nyttend · Public domain

Photos from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses; select a photo for its author and full license.

Climate

July average high
88°F
January average low
31°F
Annual rainfall
43.2 in
Annual snowfall
0.0 in
  1. 49° 31° Jan 3.4"
  2. 53° 33° Feb 2.9"
  3. 61° 40° Mar 3.6"
  4. 71° 48° Apr 3.7"
  5. 78° 57° May 3.8"
  6. 85° 65° Jun 3.6"
  7. 88° 69° Jul 4.2"
  8. 86° 68° Aug 4.5"
  9. 80° 61° Sep 3.9"
  10. 71° 49° Oct 3.3"
  11. 60° 39° Nov 3.1"
  12. 52° 34° Dec 3.3"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Winston Salem Reynolds Ap (5 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Winston-Salem ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$57,673
Median rent
$1,033 / mo
Median home value
$208,200
Median age
35.6
Unemployment
5.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher
37.2%
Poverty rate
17.9%
Renter-occupied homes
45.4%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
66
Students enrolled
37,761
Students per teacher
15.0 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
76.4%
Charter schools
6.1%
School districts serving the city
6

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Districts: Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, Davidson County Schools, Quality Education Academy, Carter G Woodson School, Forsyth Academy

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
43.3%
No leisure-time physical activity
27.1%
Adults with diabetes
12.3%
Adults who smoke
14.9%
Frequent mental distress
17.7%
Sleeping under 7 hours
36.2%
Adults without health insurance
13.1%
Routine checkup in past year
78.9%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
36.0%
Share of city that is parkland
4.5%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
8.7
Median air quality index (county)
45
Unhealthy air days (county)
0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
87.4%
Households with no internet
9.5%
Average commute
21.8 min
Work from home
12.3%
Commute by transit
1.2%
Commute on foot
2.0%
Commute by bike
0.3%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Forsyth County as relatively moderate overall for natural hazard risk, with 11 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Ice storm: very high
  • Riverine flooding: relatively high
  • Winter weather: relatively high
  • Tornado: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 27040
  • 27101
  • 27103
  • 27104
  • 27105
  • 27106
  • 27107
  • 27109
  • 27110
  • 27127