City Information

• Find Winston-Salem, North Carolina on a map
• City of the Arts - Winston-Salem, where the arts come alive
• Winston-Salem is a Green City! 
• Winston-Salem is in Forsyth County, in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, and is the fourth-largest city in North Carolina
• Population - about 229,000
• Founded as Winston in 1851. Became Winston-Salem in 1913.
• Median household income - $37,000/year
• Unemployment Rate, Winston-Salem: 8.4% March 2013 (N.C. ESC)
• Weather average temperatures - between 40º and 78º (58º)
• Size - about 132.4 square miles
• Property tax rate - 49 cents per $100 of value
• Census 2010 information    
• Directions to city government locations 
• Businesses
• WFU Baptist Medical Center 
• Novant Health 
• Reynolds American 
• Hanesbrands 
• Targacept 
• Major Employment Categories are education, health, social services
• Hospitals
• Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 
• Forsyth County Hospital 
• Colleges and Universities
• Winston-Salem State University 
• Wake Forest University 
• Salem College 
• Forsyth Tech Community College 
• UNC School of the Arts 
• Buildings and Landmarks of note:
• Reynolds Building on Main Street, completed in 1929 in the Art Deco style, was used as a model for the Empire State Building in New York City, and by the same architects.
• Wachovia Center building on Second Street, completed in 1995, uses Moravian themes in the design, is likened to a giant rosebud ready to bloom, and is the tallest building in Winston-Salem.
• The old Shell Station - a giant seashell! At Sprague and Peachtree Streets.
• The Giant  Coffeepot - made of tin, an original "logo" of a Salem merchant. On Main Street just north of Old Salem.
• Winston-Salem in the News
• Wired City WiFi, Wireless on 4th Street
• A "Hottest" City for business
• A "Top 10" Digital City 
• A Tree City
• Employer of the Year, Goodwill Industries award 2006-07
• Public Safety -  Fire Department -  Police Department
• Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful
• Nearby airports
• Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem
• Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro
• Forsyth County/Winston-Salem School System
• Newspapers
• Winston-Salem Journal
• The Chronicle
• Shopping Malls
• Hanes Mall
• Marketplace Mall
• Movie Theaters
• Carmike 10 Cinema, 3640 Reynolda Road 
• Wynnsong 12 Cinema, 1501 Hanes Mall Boulevard 
• The Grand Theatre, 5601 University Parkway 
• Marketplace Cinemas, 2095 Peter's Creek Parkway 
• A/Ptr Cinema, 311 West Fourth Street 

updated 5/2/2013
Demographics from the 2010 Census, City records, State and County records