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Cherry Branch is a small town of 1,684 people in Craven County, North Carolina. It's about 36 miles from Jacksonville, NC and 120 miles from Raleigh, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 57°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $262k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,684people
$262kTypical home
$1,706/moRent
89° / 57°Summer / winter
1"Snow
232Sunny days
126Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,684
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,467 people per sq mi
- 120 mi to Raleigh, NC
- 36 mi to Jacksonville, NC
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $262k (≈$1,653/mo)
- Median rent $1,706/mo
- Median household income $104k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 57°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 71°F)
- 232 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 133 cloudy days a year
- 43 of 90 winter days are gray
- 126 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (235 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (995 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 31
- 43% of households have kids
- 9% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 41 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 16 mi to EWN airport
- 129 mi to RDU (major hub)
- 82 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 94% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2005
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 23 ft
- Right on the coast
- 117 mi to a big lake
- 20 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 177 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 209 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 16 bars within 25 mi
- 44 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 13 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 49% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 16 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 11 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 17 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Craven County: R+21 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk