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Atlantic Beach is a small town of 1,719 people in Carteret County, North Carolina. It's about 37 miles from Jacksonville, NC and 133 miles from Raleigh, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 54°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $498k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,719people
$498kTypical home
$1,206/moRent
86° / 54°Summer / winter
1"Snow
232Sunny days
119Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,719
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 722 people per sq mi
- 133 mi to Raleigh, NC
- 37 mi to Jacksonville, NC
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $498k (≈$3,143/mo)
- Median rent $1,206/mo
- Median household income $70k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 54°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 73°F)
- 232 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 133 cloudy days a year
- 43 of 90 winter days are gray
- 119 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Low violent crime (304 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,820 per 100k)
People
- Median age 57
- 15% of households have kids
- 32% are 65 or older
- 55% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to EWN airport
- 141 mi to RDU (major hub)
- 97 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 43% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 7 ft
- Right on the coast
- 134 mi to a big lake
- 32 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 194 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 149 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 8 bars within 25 mi
- 34 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 23% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 32 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Carteret County: R+43 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk