These Are The 10 Best Places In North Carolina To Catch Pokémon

So, you want to catch ’em all, huh?
Pokemon Go has swept the nation, and the app has broken records for the most downloads in the first week of release. All over the country, people are swarming, gathering, and all around going nuts, playing this interactive game.
Since we’re a data analytics website, and because we’re often cited as the ‘go to’ place for regional infotainment, we thought it was our duty to be as helpful as we can for people in North Carolina who want to have the inside scoop as to where they should go if they want to dominate this addicting game.
After analyzing every place in North Carolina, here is our list of the best places to catch Pokemon in the Tar Heel State:

1. Ayden
2. Sawmills
3. Woodfin
4. Pineville (Photos)
5. Marvin
6. Fletcher (Photos)
7. Gibsonville (Photos)
8. Trinity
9. Aberdeen (Photos)
10. Conover (Photos)

As you might note, these are all smaller suburbs of major cities in North Carolina. That’s because in smaller cities, there are a higher number of places per capita where Pokemon are traditionally found. Meaning you’ll find more Pokemon in a much smaller area. When you read the analysis below, this will all make sense. Trust us.
So, grab your avatars, cell phones, and your Poke Balls as we uncover the truly best places in North Carolina in which to find the most Pokemon, based on data.
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How do you decide where the best place is to catch Pokemon?

In order to rank the best places in North Carolina in which to catch ’em all, we had to determine which cities, towns and villages in North Carolina have the most places to find Pokemon.
So we scraped the internet for those criteria, and it spit out the answer. Like magic.

How we crunched the numbers

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using Google Maps, this is the criteria we used:

• Number of parks per capita
• Number of museums per capita
• Number of churches per capita
• Number of memorials and public gathering places per capita

If you’d like to see the complete list of cities, scroll to the bottom of this post to see a chart of the top cities.
Note: When measuring the locations listed above, we measured the locations within a short drive of the center of each place in North Carolina.

1. Ayden

Population: 5,018
Parks Per 1,000 People: 6.18
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.39
Churches Per 1,000 People: 11.96
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 11.96

2. Sawmills

Population: 5,164
Parks Per 1,000 People: 7.75
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.94
Churches Per 1,000 People: 11.62
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 3.1

3. Woodfin

Population: 6,167
Parks Per 1,000 People: 9.73
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.43
Churches Per 1,000 People: 9.73
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.76

4. Pineville

Population: 7,855
Parks Per 1,000 People: 7.64
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.16
Churches Per 1,000 People: 7.64
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.16

5. Marvin

Population: 5,806
Parks Per 1,000 People: 10.33
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.86
Churches Per 1,000 People: 10.33
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.38

6. Fletcher

Population: 7,320
Parks Per 1,000 People: 8.2
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.37
Churches Per 1,000 People: 8.2
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 0.96

7. Gibsonville

Population: 6,565
Parks Per 1,000 People: 3.96
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.91
Churches Per 1,000 People: 9.14
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.68

8. Trinity

Population: 6,648
Parks Per 1,000 People: 4.81
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.6
Churches Per 1,000 People: 9.03
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.71

9. Aberdeen

Population: 6,702
Parks Per 1,000 People: 3.58
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.75
Churches Per 1,000 People: 8.95
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 3.28

10. Conover

Population: 8,200
Parks Per 1,000 People: 5.12
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.1
Churches Per 1,000 People: 7.32
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 0.98

There You Have It

If you’re looking at communities in North Carolina where you have a much higher chance of catching Pokemon, this is an accurate list.
If you’re also curious enough, here’s how the larger cities in North Carolina with the most reliable locations to catch a Pokemon rank, according to science.

1. Cary (Photos)
2. Greenville (Photos)
3. Wilmington (Photos)
4. High Point (Photos)
5. Greensboro (Photos)

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Detailed List Of The Best Places In North Carolina To Catch Pokemon

Rank	City	Population
1	Ayden	5,018
2	Sawmills	5,164
3	Woodfin	6,167
4	Pineville	7,855
5	Marvin	5,806
6	Fletcher	7,320
7	Gibsonville	6,565
8	Trinity	6,648
9	Aberdeen	6,702
10	Conover	8,200
11	Summerfield	10,477
12	Winterville	9,424
13	Oak Ridge	6,435
14	Mount Holly	13,815
15	Knightdale	12,692
16	Unionville	6,180
17	Cherryville	5,826
18	Butner	7,661
19	Boiling Spring Lakes	5,529
20	Carolina Beach	5,888
21	Mills River	6,917
22	Nashville	5,469
23	Hillsborough	6,256
24	King	6,732
25	Stokesdale	5,177
26	Ahoskie	5,017
27	Elon	9,516
28	Harrisburg	13,549
29	Archdale	11,322
30	Leland	15,316
31	Selma	6,172
32	Spring Lake	13,101
33	Wesley Chapel	7,882
34	Belmont	10,346
35	Wendell	6,085
36	Southern Pines	12,782
37	Davidson	11,492
38	Lewisville	13,037
39	Oak Island	7,051
40	Weddington	9,906
41	Graham	14,384
42	Hamlet	6,566
43	Newton	12,998
44	Hendersonville	13,350
45	Pinehurst	15,052
46	Wadesboro	5,711
47	Hope Mills	16,024
48	Brevard	7,651
49	Waynesville	9,770
50	Stallings	14,185
51	Clemmons	19,101
52	Mocksville	5,086
53	Dunn	9,570
54	Kill Devil Hills	6,810
55	Kings Mountain	10,743
56	Garner	26,723
57	Rockingham	9,444
58	Williamston	5,410
59	Whiteville	5,465
60	Matthews	28,677
61	Roxboro	8,330
62	King	6,732
63	Marion	7,948
64	Mebane	12,509
65	Lincolnton	10,601
66	Waxhaw	10,878
67	Smithfield	11,357
68	Henderson	15,325
69	Mount Airy	10,411
70	Morrisville	20,728
71	Black Mountain	7,977
72	Carrboro	20,337
73	Boone	17,802
74	Laurinburg	15,799
75	Oxford	8,585
76	Albemarle	15,924
77	Clinton	8,729
78	Shelby	20,283
79	Washington	9,768
80	Mint Hill	23,934
81	Morganton	16,816
82	Kernersville	23,522
83	Statesville	25,132
84	Cornelius	26,246
85	Eden	15,543
86	Thomasville	27,042
87	Tarboro	11,323
88	Roanoke Rapids	15,653
89	Kinston	21,589
90	Reidsville	14,249
91	Holly Springs	27,339
92	Fuquay-Varina	20,246
93	Goldsboro	35,908
94	Lexington	19,029
95	Clayton	17,274
96	Lenoir	18,061
97	Salisbury	33,524
98	Burlington	51,740
99	Asheboro	25,573
100	Chapel Hill	58,379