Meet N.C.’s Booming Small Towns

Two things are driving the growth of North Carolina’s fastest-growing small towns: spillover from nearby big cities like Raleigh and Charlotte and retirees looking to settle down in small communities. That’s the assessment of demographers and town officials, and it shows in U.S. Census data released in May. Raleigh and the Research Triangle Park area especially is driving the growth of nearby small towns.

Read the Fayetteville Observer to learn more about municipalities in Wake County that are growing by the day.