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Cedar Point is a small town of 1,917 people in Carteret County, North Carolina. It's about 18 miles from Jacksonville, NC and 118 miles from Raleigh, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 55°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $424k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,917people
$424kTypical home
$1,438/moRent
88° / 55°Summer / winter
1"Snow
235Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,917
- Part of a metro area
- About 857 people per sq mi
- 118 mi to Raleigh, NC
- 18 mi to Jacksonville, NC
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $424k (≈$2,672/mo)
- Median rent $1,438/mo
- Median household income $99k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 55°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 73°F)
- 235 sunny days a year (61 totally clear)
- 130 cloudy days a year
- 42 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 47
- 24% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 44% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 27 mi to EWN airport
- 126 mi to MYR (major hub)
- 86 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 64% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2000
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 20 ft
- Right on the coast
- 129 mi to a big lake
- 24 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 190 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 214 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 31 bars within 25 mi
- 61 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 17 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 49% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 31 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 18 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 23 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