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Brandywine Bay is a small town of 1,313 people in Carteret County, North Carolina. It's about 32 miles from Jacksonville, NC and 127 miles from Raleigh, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 54°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $372k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,313people
$372kTypical home
$2,141/moRent
87° / 54°Summer / winter
1"Snow
232Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,313
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,629 people per sq mi
- 127 mi to Raleigh, NC
- 32 mi to Jacksonville, NC
- 12 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $372k (≈$2,343/mo)
- Median rent $2,141/mo
- Median household income $105k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°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
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (172 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,022 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 59
- 15% of households have kids
- 40% are 65 or older
- 49% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to EWN airport
- 136 mi to RDU (major hub)
- 91 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2000
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 39 ft
- 3 mi to the ocean
- 129 mi to a big lake
- 26 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 190 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 14 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
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 23% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 28 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 9 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