Downtown Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem, NC

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Downtown Winston-Salem - Winston-Salem, NC Area Guide

The heart of the City of Arts and Innovation

Bustling Artistic Dining Entertainment Great Location

Downtown Winston-Salem is the reason the city is known as an enclave for arts and entertainment. The heart of the city is filled with art galleries and studios, theaters, and entertainment venues. View a ballet at Stevens Center or a play at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. Benton Convention Center and Millennium Center hosts a plethora of events each year from conventions to luncheons. Downtown Winston-Salem also has a lively nightlife and eclectic dining scene. Breweries, bars, and trendy eateries serving international fare are located throughout downtown. These excellent amenities combined with events like art festivals and farmers markets ensure that Downtown Winston-Salem is always exciting.

Attracting even more renters, the district is convenient to the Historic Town of Salem and several institutions including the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem State University, and Wake Forest University. If want to live in the mix year round, Downtown Winston-Salem has plenty of lofts, apartments, and house available for rent.

Rent Trends

As of May 2026, the average apartment rent in Downtown Winston-Salem is $910 for a studio, $1,357 for one bedroom, $2,004 for two bedrooms, and $2,303 for three bedrooms. Apartment rent in Downtown Winston-Salem has decreased by -0.2% in the past year.

  • Studio

  • 488 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $910/month

    Average Rent

  • 1 BR

  • 656 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,357/month

    Average Rent

  • 2 BR

  • 904 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,004/month

    Average Rent

  • 3 BR

  • 148 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,303/month

    Average Rent

Getting Around

Exceptionally Walkable

Walkability

90 / 100

Limited Public Transit

Transit

30 / 100

Fairly Drivable

Drivability

50 / 100

Moderately Bikeable

Bikeability

70 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 15 Minute Walk

Groceries

70 / 100

Good Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

60 / 100

Fair Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

50 / 100

Fair Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

50 / 100

Recreation

Large Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

70 / 100

Good Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

60 / 100

Local Vibe

Vibrant Atmosphere

Vibrancy

60 / 100

Exceptional Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

90 / 100

Somewhat Noisy

Quiet Score

80 / 100

Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Children's Museum of Winston-Salem
  • Old Salem Museums & Gardens
  • Reynolda Gardens
  • SciWorks Science Center

Airports

  • Piedmont Triad International

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in February 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.