Allen Joines (Democratic) has been Mayor of Winston-Salem since 1 Dec 2001. In Aug 2026 the unemployment rate was 4.1% of the labour force, 2.3 percentage points lower than when Allen Joines took office in December 2001; North Carolina's moved −3.0 percentage points over the same months. Winston-Salem ranks 29th of 117 cities on the fall in unemployment; on GDP per person it is 72nd of 73. The violent crime rate moved −263 per 100,000 in Winston-Salem against −162 per 100,000 for North Carolina. Under Jack Cavanagh, Jr. (1997 to 2001) the unemployment rate rose 0.3 percentage points. Since day zero typical home value climbed 3.2% a year, 116% in all.
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