Western North Carolina locations did not rank well on Niche's list of best places to live in the state. The top-ranked places to live in North Carolina are primarily suburbs of Raleigh and Charlotte.

Stacker compiled a list of the best places to live in the Charlotte metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses 15 weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on cost of ...

Inc.’s Best Workplaces List of 2025 had seven workplaces featured from the Charlotte, N.C. area. The full list of 514 companies spans a variety of industries, but all share a common commitment to ...

Fifteen high schools from the Charlotte region earned spots among the top 50 in North Carolina in the newest U.S. News & World Report rankings. Highland School of Technology kept its spot at the top ...