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Disaster risk in Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem ranks T#27 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 80 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 81st percentile nationally and #3 of 6 in North Carolina.

resilience score
80
Very Fun
National rank
T#27 of 134
In North Carolina
#3 of 6
Percentile
81st

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Winston-Salem sits 30 points above the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Winston-Salem

  1. #25 Boulder, CO 82
  2. #26 Lincoln, NE 81
  3. T#27 Winston-Salem, NC — this page 80
  4. #29 Key West, FL 79
  5. #30 Montgomery, AL 78

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Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem scores 32 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: